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Also known as pickled mango, burong mangga is a Filipino side dish recipe made by submurging unripe mangoes in brine solution for a certain amount of time.

The brine used in burong mangga is made with water, salt, and sugar. However, most modern versions of the recipe use vinegar instead of water to give extra flavor to the dish.

Although the recipe works with mangoes of every variety as long as they’re unripe, the cultivars traditionally used in the traditional recipe are Carabao and Pico.

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Origin of the dish

Among the countless varieties of mango pickles, burong mangga specifically originates from the Philippines. As to when and how? That’s not entirely clear, as there’s minimal recorded information available about the dish.

Let’s just call it a “Filipino take” on the centuries-old food preservation technique that turned out delicious. ;)

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Joost Nusselder, the founder of Bite My Bun is a content marketer, dad and loves trying out new food with Japanese food at the heart of his passion, and together with his team he's been creating in-depth blog articles since 2016 to help loyal readers with recipes and cooking tips.