Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about DINUGUAN!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: “dinuguan” is a Filipino savory stew usually of pork offal and/or meat simmered in a rich, spicy dark gravy . “dugo” in Tagalog means “blood” hence in Batangas, this version is known as sinungaok . it can also be made from beef and chicken meat . dinuguan is usually served with white rice or a Philippine rice cake called puto the most important ingredient of Dinuguan recipe is obviously the pig’s (pork) blood . Pork blood is used in many other Asian cuisines either as coagulated blood acting as a meat extender in Ilocos, “Mollo” is a brownish and watery version of dinuguan . in Laguna, “Dinuguang Kalabaw” uses the more flavorful “cara in Leyte (Southern), it’s mixed with banana blossoms and pig’s blood . in Manila, “Dinuguan sa Usbong ng Sampalok”, a in Quezon Province, called “Pirihil”, a dinuguan of chicken gizzard, heart and liver . in Zamboanga/Basilan or Cavite (Chava