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Kawaling Pinoy

Delicious Filipino and Asian Recipes

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My name is Lalaine, and welcome to Kawaling Pinoy, where you'll find hundreds of Filipino and Asian-inspired recipes, cooking tips, and how-to videos.

I worked as a Food Service Director in skilled nursing facilities and public dining settings for 20+ years. I managed the daily operations, including but not limited to procurement and inventory of food and supplies, staff hiring and training, production and service of thousands of meals a day with an emphasis on food safety guidelines, organizing parties and special events, and participation in patients' nutritional analysis and care-planning.

In May 2016, I made the giant leap of faith to quit my job and blog full-time. May I say, best decision ever? I feel so blessed to wake up in the morning and do what I love to do in my pajamas! Nowadays, I spend my hours testing and developing delicious recipes and meal ideas, working with my team of uber-talented food photographers and videographers on creating content, connecting with readers on social media, and chronicling this exciting journey on the blog.

I was born and raised in the Philippines. In 1990, I migrated to California with my family. I never really learned, or should I say, never had to learn to cook in the Philippines. But, after a few weeks of living in the U.S. and living on fast food, I realized I had to find my way in the kitchen fast. You can only have so many McD's in your life.

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Explore Over 600 Tested Filipino Recipes

I try to keep the recipes as authentic and as close to home as possible, but on occasions, I need to substitute due to limited or lack of access to indigenous ingredients. Cooking is subjective. The recipes here reflect my tastes, and they are for you to tweak, as necessary, to suit yours.

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My family meals are mostly the simple and basic afritada, adobo or sinigang but I certainly do not shy away from the balut, the isaw, and the Adidas that make the Filipino cuisine unique. One of the dishes I terribly miss from home is ginisang camaro or sauteed crickets in tomatoes. Yes, crickets. Browse my favorite recipes!

eggplant and pork in coconut sauce in a skillet

Ginataang Talong

Picadillo Soup in a bowl with steamed rice on the side

Picadillo Soup

pork bistek garnished with onion rings on a serving platter with a plate of steamed rice on the side

Pork Bistek

Chicken Arroz Caldo in white serving bowls topped with boiled egg, green onions, and fried garlic bits

Arroz Caldo

siopao with pork asado filling on a white serving plate

Siopao Asado

Avocado Sago Jelly in a clear bowl

Avocado Sago Jelly

Baked Cheese Shrimp on a white serving platter

Baked Cheese Shrimp

bagis with chopped red chili peppers over rice on a white serving plate

Bagis

Adobong Pusit sa Gata in a serving bowl

Adobong Pusit sa Gata

fried rice with meat and shrimp on a serving plate

House Special Fried Rice

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different flavors of polvoron on a white platte

Polvoron

"SOOOOOO GOOD!!

We ended up having just a few finished product because my boys kept eating while they were making it.

Tasted like childhood 🙂"

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Pork Belly Hamonado in a serving bowl

Pork Hamonado

"This is the best hamonado recipe I have ever tried! I mean I’ve tried a lot of hamonado recipes online and honestly, this one here is the best!!! It’s sooo good! My apartment smell so yummy right now!! Thank you so much this recipe!"

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beef nilaga in a wooden serving bowl

Adobong Itlog

"I’ve used beef meaty bones and osso buco instead, turned out delicious!"

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Shrimp with Oyster Sauce on a white serving plate

Shrimp with Oyster Sauce

"I’ made the oyster sauce shrimp and got eave reviews. They were really good. Thank you.
Saludos from Chile 🇨🇱 "

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Frequently Asked Questions

I have a question about a recipe. Can you help?
If you tried a recipe and found ways to improve it, please leave feedback and share it with other readers! Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. I love hearing what you think. You can email me at lymanalo@kawalingpinoy.com or use this contact form.

Failures and mishaps can happen. If you tried a recipe and it didn’t turn out well, I would love to troubleshoot with you to have better results next time around. You can leave your questions in the comments or shoot me an email, and I will try my best to figure them out with you. However, please understand that many factors come into play why the recipe didn’t work as expected, and I may not be able to precisely pinpoint what went wrong as I am not in the kitchen with you.

I’ve never cooked Filipino food & scared I’m going to mess up!
I know the frustration of spending precious time and valuable ingredients on a recipe only to be sorely disappointed, so I make sure Kawaling Pinoy recipes have been tried and well-tested in my kitchen to ensure they work and deliver delicious results. Along with detailed instructions, I also provide tips and tricks on how to recreate the dish easily and successfully in your kitchen.

I also have over 300 cooking videos on our video page, which are a great help for visual learners!

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