There are normally 2 types of longanisa, hot or sweet. Longanisa is a small sausage made from pork. I’m not sure how they make it sweet, but the hot one is simply with a bit of black pepper and isn’t hot at all.

The way my mom showed me how to cook it, it is pretty simple. First, make rice in a rice cooker.  While this is cooking, take the defrosted longanisa and put it into a pan, add about a cup of water, and put the stove on about 7-8. Every 10 minutes or so, turn the sausages over. They come as a long link of sausages, I just use kitchen shears and cut them so they are all individual. They will change color and turn darker as the water evaporates, its ok for it to burn a little, when the water runs out, just add a little more, eventually, the water will turn into a syrup.

Once the water turns into a syrup (about 20-30 minutes or so), take longanisa out and then dump white rice into the pan and toss. It will soak up the syrup and turn the rice reddish brown. Empty into a large bowl and then put the longanisa on top. It really is delicious and everybody I have served this to, loves it.