Chicken recipes, all pork-free

Chicken carries most Filipino classics beautifully. Adobo, tinola, and afritada all work without a gram of pork.

4 recipes

A pot of chicken adobo with dark glossy sauce, whole garlic cloves, bay leaves, and cracked peppercorns over steamed rice

Chicken Adobo (Pork-Free Adobong Manok)

The all-chicken take on the Philippine national dish. Bone-in chicken braised in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, bay, and peppercorns until the sauce turns dark and glossy. No pork, no shortcuts.

60 min totalServes 4

A bowl of chicken sinigang in cloudy sour broth with radish, string beans, eggplant, and kangkong leaves

Chicken Sinigang (Sinigang na Manok sa Sampalok)

Sour tamarind soup with bone-in chicken, radish, string beans, eggplant, and kangkong. A pork-free take on the Filipino comfort classic.

65 min totalServes 6

A bowl of chicken tinola with clear ginger broth, wedges of green papaya, and malunggay leaves

Chicken Tinola (Ginger Chicken Soup)

A clear, restorative Filipino soup of chicken simmered with ginger, green papaya, and malunggay. Naturally pork-free and ready in under an hour.

55 min totalServes 4

A bowl of chicken afritada in orange-red tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots, and red and green bell peppers

Chicken Afritada (Tomato-Braised Chicken)

Bone-in chicken braised in a bright tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots, and bell peppers. A simple, saucy Filipino comfort stew, naturally pork-free.

55 min totalServes 5