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Fish, pork, chicken, shrimp, or beef may be used for sinigang. There are usually leafy vegetables: gabi (taro), siling labuyo (red chili), or malunggay leaves, or kangkong (water spinach). Other vegetables cooked in sinigang may include okra, radish, eggplant, tomatoes, sitaw (snake beans), and string beans. The vegetables are chosen to complement the dish's flavor.

The Flavor

The flavor of sinigang comes mainly from the souring agent used. The souring agent is chosen to complement the meat used in the dish. Sour fruits such as sampalok (tamarind), kamias, sineguelas, and bayabas (guava) are most commonly used to flavor the broth. These days, powdered mixes and bouillon cubes come in some of these flavors and may be used instead for convenience.

To add flavor, onions, green chili pepper, calamansi juice, patis (fish sauce), vinegar, or miso (mashed soybean) are often used as well.


Pork sinigang is usually prepared with tamarind, as is shrimp sinigang. Fish sinigang is often prepared using the less sour and slightly sweet guava.

Chicken sinigang, called sinampalukan (from sampalok), is made using tamarind leaves, ginger, onions, and tomatoes. The flavor tends to be spicier than other varieties of sinigang.

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