Sisig

Sisig
Kapampangan sisig served on a hot plate.
Alternative namesSisig
CourseMain course, snack, salad
Place of originPhilippines
Region or statePampanga
Created byModern sisigLucia Cunanan; original sisig – no attributed creator
Serving temperatureHot
Main ingredientsPork jowls, ears, sometimes brain and liver, onions and chili
VariationsChicken sisig, beef sisig, squid sisig, tuna or bangus sisig or other fish, tofu sisig
Food energy
(per serving)
293[1] kcal
Similar dishesDinakdakan, Kilawin, Tokwa't baboy
Other informationSisig Day, January 3

Sisig (/ˈssɪɡ/[2] Tagalog pronunciation: ['sisig]) is a Filipino dish made from pork jowl and ears (maskara), pork belly, and chicken liver, which is usually seasoned with calamansi, onions, and chili peppers. It originates from the Pampanga region in Luzon.

Sisig is a staple of Kapampangan cuisine. The city government of Angeles, Pampanga, through City Ordinance No. 405, series of 2017, declared sizzling sisig babi ("pork sisig") as a tangible heritage of Angeles City.[3]

Sizzling sisig served on grill platters
  1. ^ "Sisig Recipe - Calorie Count". Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  2. ^ "Definition of Sisig by Oxford Dictionary". Lexico.com. Retrieved December 15, 2020.[dead link]
  3. ^ Angeles Ordinance No. 405, Series of 2017 “An ordinance declaring Sizzling Sisig Babi as an intangible cultural heritage of Angeles, and establishing systems and policies in safeguarding the original recipe of Sizzling Sisig, providing mechanisms of implementation, and for other related purposes”)