{"id":3491,"date":"2016-11-18T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T03:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2021-07-08T10:30:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T02:30:50","slug":"expat-guide-to-common-dishes-in-a-filipino-potluck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/11\/18\/expat-guide-to-common-dishes-in-a-filipino-potluck\/","title":{"rendered":"Expats&#8217; Guide to Common Dishes in a Filipino Potluck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas in the Philippines would not be complete without a family reunion where everyone, from the elders to the children get to meet and celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It\u2019s that one time of the year where kids have the license to go through every house to ask for \u201cpamasko\u201d or \u201caguinaldo\u201d; where the young and the old gets to flaunt their best outfits; where the whole family gets to just bond over a banquet of Filipino favorites.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still searching for the dish to bring for this year\u2019s potluck, Primer Ph gives you a rundown of the most common dishes found in every salu-salo.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Morcon<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3492\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/morcon-1.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"550\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/morcon-1-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/morcon-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Morcon is a holiday dish made by braising a slice of beef rolled around choice fillings such as cheese, eggs, carrots, pickles, bacons, and sausages. It is cooked with a braising liquid made by stock and tomato sauce which serves as the roll\u2019s gravy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Kare-Kare<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3493\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/karekare.jpg\" alt=\"karekare\" width=\"539\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kare-kare is a classic Filipino dish made of either oxtails, tripe, or beef stew cuts. It is usually mixed with vegerables such as long beans, eggplants, and banna blossoms (or banana heart). What make this dish very unique is the peanuty taste that keeps the people coming back for more. This dish is best paired with <em>bagoong <\/em>or shrimp paste that gives the dish a mix of the sweet, salty, and the tangy flavor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Lechon<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3494\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/lechon-1.jpg\" alt=\"lechon\" width=\"552\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Known to be one of the staples when it comes to Christmas parties and other special occassions, Lechon is usually the \u201cmain event\u201d to every feast. Lechon is a Spanish term that means \u201croasted suckling pig\u201d. This dish is prepared by attaching the pig to a stick, bamboo, or a rod, and cooked by turning the rod in a \u201crotisserie\u201d action over the charcoal. Paired with a delectable lechon sauce, lechon is probably always the first one to get sweeped out at every party, especially its crispy skin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>Pinoy Spaghetti<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3495\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/Pinoy_Spaghetti.jpg\" alt=\"pinoy_spaghetti\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the adults would usually run to the lechon area first, the kids would scramble to where the spaghetti is at. Pinoy spaghetti is, well, just like any spaghetti as it is also made with the usual tomato meat sauce. What sets it apart from the others, though, is the sweet flavor brought by the banana ketchup that is added in it. Pinoy spaghetti also features a lot of meat ingredients such as hotdog, luncheon meat, and ground pork.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>Relyenong Bangus<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3496\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/relyeno.jpg\" alt=\"relyeno\" width=\"576\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Relyenong Bangus is one of those dishes you would only find in special occasions because preparing it involves a lot of time and effort. Some of the processes in preparing relyenenong bangus include: deboning, flaking, sauteing, stuffing, sewing, and, of course, frying the milkfish. Intricate, huh? This, however, is what makes the dish one of the most special holiday dish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BONUS: Macaroni\/Buko\/Fruit Salad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3497\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/fruit-salad-1.jpg\" alt=\"fruit-salad\" width=\"573\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aside from the famous leche flan and ube halaya, these variations of salad is one of the crowd-favorites in ever party and reunion. Made by mixing the ingredients \u2013 fruits, macaroni, buko \u2013 with milk and cream, the salad is known to be one that caps off a great Christmas meal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kawalingpinoy.com\/\">kawalingpinoy.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photos were taken from Google Images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re still searching for the dish to bring for this year\u2019s potluck, Primer Ph gives you a rundown of the most common dishes found in every salu-salo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1730],"tags":[181,175,180,183,182,178,179],"class_list":["post-3491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-history","tag-181","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-potluck","tag-dessert","tag-dishes","tag-food","tag-potluck"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3491"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9370,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491\/revisions\/9370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}