| If it's a Filipino dish that's tasty, aromatic, and appetizing, | | | | tender and extra flavorsome, with a rich, thick sauce |
| it must be a Pampanga cuisine. Here are samples. | | | | of melted cheese, spices, goat beef and liver essence, |
| Begukan Babi | | | | and tomato sauce. Every bite has a hot and spicy |
| Fried-brown pork pieces sautéed in garlic, | | | | taste to it. |
| onions, and tomatoes. The thing that makes this | | | | Bopis |
| Pampanga cuisine super flavorsome is the combination | | | | Bopis is a favorite Filipino dish among locals. It has a |
| of preserved shrimp or "bagoong" and native vinegar. | | | | subtle meat flavor mixed with a light touch of |
| The sautéed pork is bathed in the proportioned | | | | pleasantly sourly taste. Hence, it goes well with fish |
| bagoong-vinegar concoction until the mixture turns into | | | | sauce or patis. Cooked as a Pampanga cuisine, Bopis |
| a fine spicy sauce enriching the flavor of pork. This is | | | | becomes even more appetizing. It's mostly of pork |
| perfect as a steamy rice topping. | | | | innards, like lungs and liver, well tenderized and spiced |
| Chicken and Pork Apritada | | | | up with vinegar, salt, and some flavorsome local herbs. |
| A Pampanga cuisine of pork and chicken like | | | | Crispy Pata |
| Pampanga Apritada often comes out very rich in color | | | | It's everyone's favorite! This Filipino dish never fails to |
| and sauce-rich. Apritada is a rich and juicy mix of pork, | | | | tickle the appetites even of foreigners. Crispy Pata |
| chicken, potatoes, red bell pepper, and tomato sauce, | | | | Pampanga style is even more crackling to the bite. |
| and Pampanga folks have even made it look and | | | | The crispy and golden pork skin-covering is such a |
| taste richer with liberal amounts of tomato sauce | | | | delicious introduction to the juicy and tender meat |
| applied in a special manner. Apritada is a popular Filipino | | | | inside. When Crispy Pata is placed on the dinner table |
| dish differently done by different regions in the | | | | the aroma is simply tempting even to strict dieters. |
| Philippines. | | | | Rellenong Talong |
| Kalderetang Kambing | | | | Eggplant may look ordinary to most people, but not to |
| Folks from Northern Luzon are expert goat meat | | | | an expert Pampanga chef. A popular Pampanga |
| cookers. Pampanga, Tagalog, and Ilocos folks, among | | | | cuisine called Rellenong Talong is simply stuffed |
| others, have different secrets in cooking their | | | | eggplant, but done with important Pampanga culinary |
| Kaldereta recipes, and among the delectable versions | | | | secrets. Eggplant is soaked in a bowl of beaten egg |
| is the Kaldereta Pampanga cuisine. Among the secrets | | | | whites and yolks. Then cooked ground pork or beef is |
| are the Spanish Paprika, rum, beef liver, and grated | | | | mixed in with sautéed garlic, onions, and tomato. |
| cheese contents. The goat meat always comes out | | | | This is a Filipino dish many people love. |