Every pork-free Filipino recipe

Filipino home cooking, rebuilt without pork. Classics like adobo and sinigang made with chicken, beef, or seafood, plus the everyday dishes that fill a Filipino table.

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Chicken

Chicken Adobo (Pork-Free Adobong Manok)

The all-chicken take on the Philippine national dish. Bone-in chicken braised in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, bay, and peppercorns until the sauce turns dark and glossy. No pork, no shortcuts.

60 min totalServes 4

A bowl of chicken sinigang in cloudy sour broth with radish, string beans, eggplant, and kangkong leaves

Chicken Sinigang (Sinigang na Manok sa Sampalok)

Sour tamarind soup with bone-in chicken, radish, string beans, eggplant, and kangkong. A pork-free take on the Filipino comfort classic.

65 min totalServes 6

A bowl of chicken tinola with clear ginger broth, wedges of green papaya, and malunggay leaves

Chicken Tinola (Ginger Chicken Soup)

A clear, restorative Filipino soup of chicken simmered with ginger, green papaya, and malunggay. Naturally pork-free and ready in under an hour.

55 min totalServes 4

A bowl of chicken afritada in orange-red tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots, and red and green bell peppers

Chicken Afritada (Tomato-Braised Chicken)

Bone-in chicken braised in a bright tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots, and bell peppers. A simple, saucy Filipino comfort stew, naturally pork-free.

55 min totalServes 5

Beef

Beef Kaldereta (Spicy Tomato Beef Stew)

Fork-tender beef slow-braised in a thick tomato and liver sauce with bell peppers, potatoes, carrots, and olives. A fiesta favorite, made pork-free.

145 min totalServes 6

Seafood

A whole fried fish topped with sweet-sour sauce, red and green bell pepper strips, carrots, and ginger

Fish Escabeche (Sweet and Sour Fried Fish)

Whole fried tilapia or lapu-lapu under a glossy sweet-sour sauce with ginger, bell peppers, and carrots. A naturally pork-free Filipino classic.

50 min totalServes 4

A bowl of coconut milk, the base for ginataang hipon, beside fresh ginger and aromatics

Ginataang Hipon (Shrimp in Coconut Milk with Squash and Beans)

Plump shrimp simmered with kalabasa and string beans in a glossy coconut milk sauce, perfumed with ginger and chili. A naturally pork-free Filipino ginataan that turns a handful of ingredients into dinner.

40 min totalServes 4

Vegetable

A pot of ginataang gulay with orange squash chunks, green string beans, and leafy greens in creamy coconut milk

Ginataang Gulay (Vegetables in Coconut Milk)

Squash, string beans, and leafy greens simmered in coconut milk with ginger and shrimp. A creamy, naturally pork-free Filipino vegetable dish.

45 min totalServes 5

Rice & Noodles

Pancit Bihon (Filipino Rice Noodles)

Stir-fried rice vermicelli with chicken, shrimp, and crisp vegetables, seasoned with soy and calamansi. A pork-free take on the fiesta classic.

45 min totalServes 6

A bowl of freshly steamed white rice, cooled and ready to be turned into sinangag

Sinangag (Filipino Garlic Fried Rice)

Day-old rice fried hard with plenty of golden garlic, a hit of salt, and a crack of pepper. The breakfast staple that anchors every silog and rescues every leftover, naturally pork-free.

20 min totalServes 4

Dessert

A slice of golden leche flan on a plate with dark caramel syrup pooling around the smooth custard

Leche Flan (Filipino Caramel Custard)

The silky steamed custard that ends every Filipino fiesta. Egg yolks, condensed milk, and evaporated milk set over a dark caramel, steamed low and slow so it stays smooth with no bubbles.

60 min totalServes 8

A tray of biko, glossy dark sticky rice cake cut into squares and topped with golden latik curds

Biko (Sticky Rice Cake with Coconut Caramel)

Glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk and dark brown sugar, pressed into a pan and crowned with latik and a glossy coconut caramel. A classic Filipino kakanin that is naturally pork-free.

75 min totalServes 12