Filipino Comfort Food for Your Comfy Home

It’s a Friday again and the weekend is here, perfect for resting and relaxing after a busy week at work or school. But how should you relax in your Profriends home this time? Some Filipino comfort food would nice in your beloved Filipino home, right? So here are some comfort food suggestions that you might like.

Kare-kare

The peanuty creamy goodness of Kare-kare makes Pinoy tastebuds enjoy the salty, nutty, sweet, and savory of this dish. Beloved mostly by everyone, this stew is usually cooked with meat, green beans, and other veggies in peanut soup complemented with some shrimp paste and goes well with cooked rice. But originally, it is made of oxtail, pork hocks, calves feet, pig feet, beef stew meat, and tripe. Originally from Pampanga, Filipinos from different parts of the country enjoy delight in partaking of this dish. It can be served during feasts, special occasions or on no occasion at all.

Pan De Sal

There are many dishes that could define a Filipino breakfast but the most simple kind of breakfast but can still be heartily enjoyed is a warm, moist, sandy pan de sal (salt bread). Thanks to the Spanish, Filipinos now enjoy this bread every morning with different bread spreads like butter, jam, peanut butter, liver spread, and more. It can be enjoyed as is, too, and dipped in warm coffee.

Taho

The Chinese are to be thanked for this time. Fresh silken tofu is spooned into a cup or glass and added with arnibal and small tapioca pearls. It is a snack yet enjoyed mostly during breakfast because of its warmth and because that’s mostly when the neighborhood will hear a vendor yelling “Tahhoooooo!”

Bibingka

Traditionally served during Christmas, Bibingka can now be eaten anytime thanks to restaurants and branded stalls selling them in malls and other commercial places. This sweet pudding cake is cooked with banana leaves in a terra cotta pot over charcoal fire. Slices of salted eggs are placed on top to add some savory saltiness into the dish. It is finally topped with butter/margarine, sugar and cheese.

Pinoy Spaghetti

Filipinos always have a knack for sweet things. And this time, it involves a popular pasta dish – spaghetti. Based on the Italian Spaghetti Bolognese, Filipinos have added a few twists to it and soon, became a cultural dish. The pure tomato-based sauce have been added with ketchup, sugar, and cream to go along with it. Sometimes, clear sweet soda (like Sprite and 7Up) are added as sweetener instead of cream and sugar. Ground meat is added and instead of meatballs, sliced hotdogs accompany the ground meat. It is topped with a generous amount of pasteurized cheese. Both kids and adults enjoy this pasta dish.

Pinoy Barbecue

In foreign countries, “barbecue” means grill and chops and steaks and barbecue sauce. In the Philippines, “barbecue” means street and stick and vinegar. This beloved street comfort food can be enjoyed at a few pesos and can be dipped and dipped again in vinegar (special blend of chopped onions, red chili, pepper). It can be enjoyed as is, with rice, or with Pinoy spaghetti.