Sinigang

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Sinigang is a Philippine dish famous for the variety of ingredients one can use as well as for its taste. Sinigang is typically sour and is most often likened to Thai's tom yam.

Sinigang often incorporates stewed fish, pork, chicken, shrimp, or beef. Sinigang's characteristic taste is attributed to the ingredient that gives its sour taste, not to the meat's flavor.

Pork sinigang, the most common variety, is usually prepared with tamarind, tomato, leek, taro and onion. Other vegetables cooked in sinigang may include okra, spinach, radish, green pepper and string beans.

Another variety is prepared with guava and is less sour than those with tamarind. Raw mango, calamansi and kamias can also be utilized. However, vinegar is not used for making sinigang sour. Powdered soup base or bouillon cubes for sinigang are also used in place of natural fruits.

Chicken sinigang is called sinampalukan (from sampalok, Filipino for tamarind. Sinampalukan is made with shredded tamarind leaves, ginger, onions, and tomatoes. Sinampalukan is sometimes prepared to be a little spicier than the other sinigang dishes.

[edit] External links

• More on Sinigang
• Foodgeeks: Sinigang recipe
  • The recipe is not Sinigang. It lacks the tamarind, a key flavor in the soup and also in the Filipino food culture. Not sure why this link was put here. It even states above that vinegar is not used in the soup. I have also never seen a carrot in sinigang.
• Chicken Sinigang
• Pork Sinigang Recipe
• Sinigang Na Panga Ng Tuna ( Tuna Jaw in Sour Broth )