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  • noun A vegetable stew of the Philippines.

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Examples

  • Families now produce crops such as pinakbet vegetables that bring home additional income and maintain food sources for the community.

    Latest News 2010

  • Families now produce crops such as pinakbet vegetables that bring home additional income and maintain food sources for the community.

    Latest News 2010

  • Here in the Philippines, we have several dishes cooked with Malunggay like tinolang manok (chicken ginger stew with vegetables), pinakbet (meat vegetable stew with shrimp paste) and mongo soup.

    Malunggay, the Miracle Vegetable 2008

  • The strongest flavor came from the pinakbet ($8.95), an Ilocano vegetable saute featuring diced pumpkin, stringbeans, eggplant, okra and bittermelon with the pungent aroma of the fish and shrimp paste bagoong.

    Starbulletin Headlines 2010

  • The strongest flavor came from the pinakbet ($8.95), an Ilocano vegetable saute featuring diced pumpkin, stringbeans, eggplant, okra and bittermelon with the pungent aroma of the fish and shrimp paste bagoong.

    Starbulletin Headlines 2010

  • I also think home or restaurant prepared pinakbet often strays far from the more authentic examples of the dish.

    Market Manila Marketman 2010

  • I've been mocked in the past for not being a "true Filipino" because I don't eat kare-kare, pinakbet, and balut.

    Burnt Lumpia Burnt Lumpia 2009

  • This dish brought back memories of our Ilocos Norte escapade, where we feasted on bagnet and pinakbet comfort food.

    Our Awesome Planet 2009

  • We had lunch at Cafe Leona, chowing down on bagnet and pinakbet before walking down Calle Crisologo.

    In My Pocket 2008

  • This is that ubiquitous Filipino dish that is either used as a condiment for kare-kare, used for pinakbet, or simply enjoyed as a dip for your green mangoes, yum!

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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