Filipino Rice Recipes

Filipino cuisine — Adobo, sinigang, lechon — bold, sour and deeply savoury island cooking — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Filipino cooks work with rice, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, sautéing and steaming.

The everyday grain for half the planet — a neutral base that soaks up the flavours around it, from pilafs to fried rice. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, fish sauce, onion, soy sauce, coconut milk and neutral oil. The dishes here span filipino classics ready in as little as 30 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.