Filipino Tomatoes 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 tomatoes, 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, steaming and sautéing.

Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with fish sauce, onion, garlic, long asian eggplants, red onion and dried mung beans. The dishes here span filipino classics ready in as little as 30 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.