Go on a culinary adventure with these 8 Filipino-inspired recipes

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Have you tried Filipino cuisine? There are several recipes like adobo, lumpia and bibingka that use simple ingredients and taste great.

Pile of bibingka cake slices.
Bibingka. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.

Filipino BBQ Pork and Chicken Skewers

Skewers of pork and chicken Filipino BBQ.

Learn the 3 ingredients that make Filipino BBQ so remarkable. Once you master the sauce, you can make authentic Filipino BBQ pork and chicken skewers.
Get the Recipe: Filipino BBQ Pork and Chicken Skewers + Video

Grilled Chicken Lumpia

five chicken lumpia on a platter with a bowl of soy vinegar dipping sauce.
Grilled Chicken Lumpia. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.

This delicious chicken lumpia recipe uses grilled chicken thighs wrapped in thin pastry. It’s the perfect crispy Filipino-inspired appetizer.
Get the Recipe: Grilled Chicken Lumpia

Grilled Chicken Lumpia Tacos

Plate of 3 lumpia tacos.
Chicken lumpia tacos. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.

Take your favorite Filipino lumpia filling and put it into a lumpia taco shell to fry up a platter of award-winning lumpia tacos.
Get the Recipe: Grilled Chicken Lumpia Tacos

Chicken and Pork Adobo

Bowl of chicken and pork adobo over white rice.
Chicken and pork adobo. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.

One of the Philippines’ classic dishes is adobo, a rich stew traditionally made with pork and chicken that cooks down in a soy-vinegar broth.
Get the Recipe: Chicken and Pork Adobo

Smoked Pork Adobo

Bowl of pork adobo with bay leaf on top.
Smoked Pork Adobo. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.

If you like the taste of smoky barbecue, try smoking pork shoulder before adding it to a pot of adobo.
Get the Recipe: Smoked Pork Adobo

Bibingka: Filipino Coconut Cake

Pile of bibingka cake slices.
Bibingka. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.

Bibingka is a thin, unfrosted Filipino cake made with sweet rice flour and cream of coconut. it has an ooey gooey texture with a crispy topping.
Get the Recipe: Bibingka: Filipino Coconut Cake

Avocado Ice Cream

Avocado shell filled with two scoops of avocado ice cream topped with toasted coconut.
Avocado ice cream. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.

Don’t let the name or color of this ice cream fool you, Avocado is one of the creamiest summer treats you’ll ever taste.
Get the Recipe: Avocado Ice Cream

Quick Adobo Fried Rice Omelets

Omelet on a plate stuffed with adobe fried rice and topped with hot sauce.
Adobo fried rice omelet. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.

If you have leftover adobo, fry it up to make fried rice and roll it into an omelet. It makes a fantastic lunch or breakfast.
Get the Recipe: Quick Adobo Fried Rice Omelets

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