Chicken longganisa is a
Filipino fresh sausage made with minced
chicken meat,
garlic
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,
onion
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,
soy sauce
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,
muscovado
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sugar
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, salt,
vinegar
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, and black pepper. Vegetable extenders can also be added like
carrot
The carrot ('' Daucus carota'' subsp. ''sativus'') is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, ''Daucus carota'', na ...
s,
turnip
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s, or
jicama
''Pachyrhizus erosus'', commonly known as jícama ( or ; Spanish ''jícama'' ; from Nahuatl ''xīcamatl'', ) Mexican turnip, is the name of a native Mexican vine, although the name most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root. Jícam ...
s. It is sold as a healthier alternative to other kinds of
longganisa
Longaniza (, or ) is a Spanish sausage (embutido) similar to a chorizo and also closely associated with the Portuguese linguiça. Its defining characteristics are interpreted differently from region to region. It is popular in the cuisines ...
. It is usually prepared without the casing ("skinless"), and is molded into shape with the use of wax paper.
See also
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Cabanatuan longganisa
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Fish longganisa
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List of sausages
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References
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Philippine sausages