20 Favorite Filipino Breakfast Ideas

Filipino breakfasts are bold, flavorful, and hearty—often featuring garlic fried rice (sinangag), fried egg (itlog), and various proteins in "silog" combos.

1. Tapsilog (Beef Tapa, Garlic Rice, Egg)

Ingredients (Serves 4):

• 1 lb beef sirloin, thinly sliced
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• ¼ cup calamansi or lemon juice
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp black pepper
• Oil for frying
• Garlic rice & 4 fried eggs

Instructions:

1. Mix soy sauce, calamansi, sugar, garlic, pepper. Marinate beef 4+ hours or overnight.
2. Fry beef until caramelized, 3-5 min per side.
3. Serve with garlic rice and fried egg.

2. Longsilog (Longganisa, Garlic Rice, Egg)

Ingredients (Serves 4):

• 8-12 longganisa sausages
• Garlic rice & 4 fried eggs

Instructions:

1. Prick sausages, boil in little water until evaporated, then fry in own fat until browned.
2. Serve with garlic rice and fried egg.

3. Tocilog (Tocino, Garlic Rice, Egg)

Ingredients (Serves 4):

• 1 lb pork shoulder, thinly sliced
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup pineapple juice
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp salt

Instructions:

1. Mix marinade ingredients. Marinate pork 2-3 days.
2. Fry with little water until water evaporates and pork caramelizes.
3. Serve with garlic rice and fried egg.

4. Bangsilog (Daing na Bangus, Garlic Rice, Egg)

Ingredients:

• 1 large butterflied milkfish
• 1 cup vinegar
• 6 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tsp peppercorns
• Salt

Instructions:

1. Marinate fish in vinegar mixture overnight.
2. Drain and fry until crispy.
3. Serve with garlic rice and fried egg.

5. Sinangag (Garlic Fried Rice)

Ingredients (Serves 4):

• 4 cups cold day-old rice
• 8-10 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tbsp oil
• Salt

Instructions:

1. Heat oil, fry garlic until golden.
2. Add rice, stir-fry 5-7 min.
3. Season with salt.

6. Champorado (Chocolate Rice Porridge)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup glutinous rice
• 5 cups water
• 4-5 tablea tablets
• Sugar to taste
• Milk for serving

Instructions:

1. Boil rice in water until soft.
2. Add dissolved tablea and sugar; simmer until thick.
3. Serve hot with milk.

7. Pandesal (Bread Rolls)

Ingredients:

• 4 cups flour
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2¼ tsp yeast
• 1 cup warm milk
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 1 egg
• Breadcrumbs

Instructions:

1. Activate yeast in milk.
2. Mix dough, knead, rise 1 hour.
3. Shape rolls, coat in breadcrumbs, rise again.
4. Bake 350°F 15-20 min.

8. Tsokolate (Hot Chocolate)

Ingredients:

• 4-6 tablea tablets
• 4 cups water or milk
• Sugar

Instructions:

1. Dissolve tablea in hot liquid.
2. Whisk until frothy, add sugar.
3. Serve hot.

9. Tortang Talong (Eggplant Omelet)

Ingredients:

• 2 large eggplants
• 4 eggs
• Salt & pepper

Instructions:

1. Grill eggplants, peel skin.
2. Flatten, dip in seasoned beaten eggs.
3. Fry until golden.

10. Arroz Caldo (Chicken Rice Porridge)

Ingredients:

• 1 lb chicken
• 1 cup glutinous rice
• Ginger, garlic, onion
• 8 cups broth
• Fish sauce

Instructions:

1. Sauté aromatics and chicken.
2. Add rice, pour broth, simmer 30-40 min.
3. Season, serve with toppings.

11. Tuyosilog (Dried Salted Fish)

Instructions:

1. Fry tuyo until crispy.
2. Serve with garlic rice, egg, and vinegar dip.

12. Dangsilog (Dried Rabbitfish)

Instructions:

1. Fry danggit until crisp.
2. Serve with garlic rice and egg.

13. Corned Beef Silog

Ingredients:

• 1 can corned beef
• 2 potatoes, diced
• 1 onion

Instructions:

1. Sauté onion and potatoes.
2. Add corned beef, cook through.
3. Serve with rice and egg.

14. Tomato Scrambled Eggs

Instructions:

1. Sauté tomatoes and onions until soft.
2. Add beaten eggs, scramble.
3. Serve with rice.

15. Bibingka (Rice Cake)

Instructions:

1. Mix rice flour batter with coconut milk.
2. Bake in banana leaf-lined pan.
3. Top with butter, cheese, sugar.

16. Taho (Silken Tofu Dessert)

Instructions:

1. Boil brown sugar syrup.
2. Cook sago pearls.
3. Layer warm tofu, syrup, pearls.

17. Suman (Sticky Rice Cake)

Instructions:

1. Cook glutinous rice in coconut milk.
2. Wrap in banana leaves.
3. Steam 1 hour.

18. Bicho-Bicho (Twisted Donuts)

Instructions:

1. Make yeast dough, rise.
2. Twist and fry.
3. Coat in sugar.

19. Avocado Milkshake

Instructions:

1. Blend avocado, milk, condensed milk, ice.
2. Serve chilled.

20. Lugaw (Plain Rice Porridge)

Instructions:

1. Boil rice in excess water until very soft.
2. Season, top with fried garlic and egg.

21. Spamsilog

Instructions:

1. Fry Spam slices until crispy.
2. Serve with garlic rice and egg.

22. Hotsilog

Instructions:

1. Fry hotdogs until browned.
2. Serve with garlic rice and egg.

23. Cornsilog

Instructions:

1. Sauté corned beef (with potatoes optional).
2. Serve with garlic rice and egg.

24. Ensaymada

Instructions:

1. Make enriched dough, shape coils.
2. Bake, brush butter, top with cheese and sugar.

25. Puto (Steamed Rice Cakes)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups rice flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup coconut milk

Instructions:

1. Mix batter.
2. Pour into molds, top with cheese.
3. Steam 15-20 min.

Enjoy these classic Filipino breakfasts full of flavor and tradition!