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Laing
Filipino Cuisine
Dried taro leaves slowly simmered in coconut milk with chilies, ginger, garlic, and shrimp paste until meltingly soft.
Category
Stew
Main Ingredient
Taro
Cooking Method
Simmered
Spice Level
Spicy
Region
Bicol
Cuisine
Filipino
Fun Fact
Bicolano cooks insist that laing must never be stirred until the leaves are fully cooked. Raw taro leaves contain calcium oxalate crystals that irritate the throat, so long, undisturbed cooking is essential.