Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Filipino Appetizers

Filipino Appetizers -

Appetizers in the Filipino cuisine are also known as “hand food”, called pulutan. The pulutan are served most often with liquors and non-alcoholic beverages, and will be offered in restaurants as well as local dinners, not matter the country’s region. There are different types of pulatan including fish, meat, nuts and chips. Some of the most delicious appetizers include Filipino Satays marinated in a special blend, steamed meatballs sealed in wonton wrappers and dipped in soy sauce with squeezed kalamansi (Philippine lemon). This particular appetizer is influenced from the Chinese cuisine, but served in a particular Philippines manner. There is also the grilled chicken feet, spicy fried peanuts, sometimes flavored with garlic, salted, dried and fried pork rind, or the tiny fried spring rolls filled with minced meat. Appetizers in the Filipino cuisine are served before dinner or at big family lunches, and most of them are home made and have differences in the condiments added, like the sisig, minced pig’s cheeks cooked with herbs and spices, according to the cooks personal preferences.

Popular Filipino appetizers include:

Chicharon

Fresh Lumpia

Lumpia Shanghai

Tokwat Baboy

Filipino Calamaris

Shrimp Gambas

Filipino Kangkong Fritters

Grilled Scallops

Camaron Rebosado

Crispy Pata

Dilis

Crispy Alimasag

Ukoy

Lechon Sisig

Siomai

Baked Tahong (Mussels)

Lemon Pepper Wings

Kwek-Kwek

Mixed Green Chicken Salad

Crispy Fried Chicken

Halabos na Hipon

Lechon Kawali


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