''Isaw'' is a popular
street food
Street food is ready-to-eat food or drinks sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or at other public places, such as markets or fairs. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and is meant for immediate consumption ...
from the Philippines, made from barbecued pig or chicken intestines. It is a type of ''
inihaw
Inihaw ( ), also known as sinugba or inasal, are various types of grilled or pit-roasted barbecue dishes from the Philippines. They are usually made from pork or chicken and are served on bamboo skewers or in small cubes with a soy sauce and ...
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The intestines are cleaned, turned inside out, and cleaned again, repeating the process several times; they are then either boiled, then grilled, or immediately grilled on sticks. They are usually dipped in vinegar or ''sukang pinakurat'' (vinegar with onions, peppers, and other spices). They are usually sold by vendors on street corners during the afternoons.
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Inihaw
Inihaw ( ), also known as sinugba or inasal, are various types of grilled or pit-roasted barbecue dishes from the Philippines. They are usually made from pork or chicken and are served on bamboo skewers or in small cubes with a soy sauce and ...
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Proben
''Proben'' or proven, sometimes also called "chicken proben", is a type of street food popular in some regions of the Philippines. It consists essentially of the proventriculus of a chicken (thus, the derivation of its name), dipped in cornst ...
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Filipino cuisine ยง Street food and other snacks
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Satay
Satay ( , in USA also , ), or sate in Indonesian spelling, is a Southeast Asian dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat, served with a sauce. The earliest preparations of satay is believed to have originated in Javanese cuisine, but ha ...
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Kwek Kwek
Tokneneng or tukneneng is a tempura-like Filipino street food made by deep-frying orange batter covered hard-boiled chicken or duck eggs.
A popular variation of tokneneng is ''kwek kwek''. ''Kwek kwek'' is traditionally made with quail eggs, w ...
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Chitterlings
Chitterlings (), sometimes spelled chitlins or chittlins, are the small intestines of domestic animals. They are usually made from pigs' intestines. They may also be filled with a forcemeat to make sausage.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 1st editi ...
References
Offal
Street food in the Philippines
Philippine cuisine
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