It involves first char-grilling, roasting, or broiling chicken or fish and then adding them to a soup with tomatoes, onions, scallions, and ginger.
The root verb lagpang means "to grill food over hot coals" in Visayan languages.
The cooking process is derived from a way of consuming left-over grilled, roasted, or broiled chicken or fish and is still used in this way.
[2][3] But it can be prepared directly by first char-grilling, roasting, or broiling chicken or fish and then adding them to a soup with tomatoes, onions, scallions, and ginger.
It is seasoned with salt, pepper, chilis, patis (fish sauce), or sugar to taste.