Recipes with seafood

Oysters adobo

While Filipino adobo is traditionally a meat stew, it is possible to cook something similar with seafood. Yes, there is a way to prevent overcooking oysters while still allowing them to soak up the garlicky-pepper-salty-sour flavors of adobo. You'll lose none of the natural briny goodness of the oysters either.

Cook time: 7

Servings: 4 people

Molo soup

An adaptation of Chinese wonton soup, molo soup (also known as pancit Molo) hails from the Molo district of Iloilo City in Central Philippines, home to Chinese migrants before Spanish colonization.

Cook time: 15

Servings: 4 people

Kani salad

Make kani salad with kanikama (imitation crab meat), cucumber, carrot, fresh ripe mangoes, lettuce, Japanese mayonnaise and a little sesame seed oil. It’s outstanding!

Cook time: 0

Servings: 4 people

Milkfish (bangus) belly and moringa (malunggay) miso soup

Fatty milkfish belly is cut into small cubes and combined with freshly stripped moringa leaves in this Filipinized miso soup. Chunky enough to be served with rice as a main course.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people

Fettuccine aglio e olio with mussels

It’s still the very basic and very easy pasta aglio e olio. Two additions, though. I added mussels. And to give the dish a deeper flavor, I cooked the fettuccine in mussel broth.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 3 people