Fiesta Sisig: Sizzling Chicken Sisig in Riyadh

What is sisig?

Sisig is one of the best-loved dishes in Filipino cooking: chopped, seasoned meat served on a sizzling hot plate, sharp with calamansi and chilli. It comes from Pampanga, the province north of Manila often called the culinary capital of the Philippines, and Angeles City in particular is famous for it. Filipinos cook it many ways today — with chicken, tuna, squid and even tofu. What never changes is the sizzle, the tang and the crispy edges.

Our Fiesta Sisig is made with chicken

Our Fiesta Sisig is made with chicken: chopped chicken with onion, chilli and calamansi, brought to the table on a sizzling plate. It keeps everything people love about sisig — the sound of the hot plate, the sour-spicy kick, the bits that crisp up at the edges. It's one of the most ordered dishes on our menu.

How to eat sisig

Mix everything together while the plate is still hot so the chicken keeps cooking and crisping. Eat it with steamed rice, or simply pick at it with friends: sisig is classic pulutan, the Filipino word for food that's made for sharing and chatting over. A favourite barkada order is sisig with Chicken BBQ on Stick and Lumpiang Shanghai, then a cold Halo-Halo to finish.

More sizzling plates

If you love the sizzle, the menu also has Sizzling Tofu, Sizzling Pusit (squid) and Sizzling Seafood. Feeding a group? Put a sisig next to an Iniwow sa Bilao platter and a bowl of Bacolod Cansi or Batangas Bulalo for a proper Filipino spread.

Where to get sisig in Riyadh

Fiestahan is inside Al Jazeera Supermarket on Musa Bin Naseer St in Al Sulaymaniyah, open every day until 11:45 PM — late enough for a sisig after work. Dine in with free parking and a family section, pick up, or order delivery on HungerStation, Keeta, Ninja, Jahez and The Chefz.