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{{Short description|Filipino noodle soup}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox food
| name             = La Paz batchoy
| image            = LaPazBatchoy.jpg
| image_size       = 245px
| caption          = A bowl of La Paz batchoy
| alternate_name   = ''Ba-chui'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]])<br />''Batsoy'' ([[Tagalog language|Tagalog]])<br />''Bachoy'' ([[Spanish language in the Philippines|Spanish]])
| country          = [[Philippines]]
| region           = [[La Paz, Iloilo City|La Paz]], [[Iloilo City]]
| creator          =
| course           = [[Soup]]
| served           = Hot
| main_ingredient  = [[Noodle]]s, [[pork]] organs, [[vegetable]]s, [[Chicken as food|chicken]], [[Shrimp and prawn as food|shrimp]], [[beef]]
| variations       = Batchoy Tagalog, Bumbay
| calories         =
| other            =
}}
'''Batchoy''', alternatively spelled '''batsoy''' ({{IPA|tl|ˈbatʃoɪ|}}), is a [[Filipino cuisine|Filipino]] [[noodle soup]] of [[pork]] [[offal]], crushed pork [[Pork rind|cracklings]], [[Chicken as food|chicken]] [[Stock (food)|stock]], [[beef]] loin, and round [[noodle]]s. The original and most popular variant, '''La Paz batchoy''', traces its roots to the [[Iloilo City]] [[Districts of Iloilo City|district]] of [[La Paz, Iloilo City|La Paz]], in the [[Philippines]].<ref name="caligan"/><ref name="besa"/>
==Origin==
The origin of the La Paz Batchoy is unclear with several accounts claiming credit for the dish:
* Inggo's Batchoy opened their batchoy stall in 1922 and claims to be the first batchoy shop in La Paz, Iloilo City; 16 years ahead of Deco's La Paz Batchoy Shop, which opened in 1938.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.exploreiloilo.com/do/info/la-paz-batchoy/ | title=La Paz Batchoy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thelonerider.com/2008/mar/batchoy/batchoy.shtml | title=Batchoy }}</ref>
*The dish was claimed to be concocted by Federico Guilergan Sr. in 1938 in Iloilo.<ref name="sunstar2009" /> His recipe called for a mixture of broth, noodles, beef and pork. The soup later evolved into its present form which has become Iloilo City's most popular dish. Federico Guillergan, Jr., the son of the soup's inventor, states that his father at first jokingly called the dish "bats" when asked for its name. Later, he added "choy", from the vegetable dish [[chop suey]].<ref name="pendon" />
*Teodorico "Ted" Lepura opened his first batchoy shop, Ted's Oldtimer Lapaz Batchoy, at the [[La Paz Public Market]] in 1945. Run by Lepura, his wife and their children, the shop sold what they claim to be the original La Paz batchoy which at that time was priced at 20 centavos per bowl. In the 1930s, as a teenager, Lepura learned the basics of making La Paz batchoy while working for a Chinese merchant, and eventually concocted his own version of the dish.<ref name="caligan" />
*Other sources claim that the dish originated from the [[Chinese in the Philippines|Chinese community]] in La Paz,<ref name="caligan" /><ref name="funtecha" /> since the etymology of the name "''batchoy''" likely comes from the [[Hokkien in the Philippines|Hokkien]] {{zh|t=肉水|s=肉水|poj=bah-chúi|c=|p=|l=meat soup}}, or [[Hokkien in the Philippines|Hokkien]] {{zh|t=|s=|poj=bah-chhùi|c=肉碎|p=|l=minced meat}}.
==Preparation==
[[File:La Paz batchoy (La Paz Public Market Tenporary Site, Iloilo City; 10-22-2022).jpg|thumb|Two bowls of La Paz batchoy with a [[Puto (food)|puto]], served in [[La Paz Public Market]]]]
Ingredients of La Paz batchoy include [[pork]] [[offal]] (liver, spleen, kidneys and heart), crushed pork [[pork rind|cracklings]], [[beef]] loin, shrimp broth, and round egg [[noodle]]s (''[[Miki noodles|miki]]'') cooked with broth added to a bowl of noodles and topped with leeks, pork cracklings (''chicharon''), and sometimes a raw egg cracked on top.<ref name="pinoyrecipe.net"/>
==Regional varieties==
{{See also|Batchoy Tagalog}}
The province of Quezon has a variation of the ''[[Batchoy Tagalog|batsoy Tagalog]]'', also known as ''bombay'' or ''bumbay'' which derives its name from the similarity of the tied banana leaf pouch to the appearance of the [[Dastar|turban]] worn by [[Sikhs]]. The dish consists of finely chopped and seasoned pork offal wrapped in banana leaf and then boiled in water. The dish is served with its cooking broth.<ref name="bumbay_pinassarap" /><ref name="bumbay_biyahenidrew" /><ref name="fenix" /><ref name="gonzales" />
== Batchoy Festival ==
The Batchoy Festival is an annual [[food festival]] held as part of the larger [[Dinagyang|Dinagyang Festival]] in Iloilo City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Batchoy conversation with Karen Davila |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/26/batchoy-conversation-with-karen-davila/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Manila Bulletin |language=en}}</ref> First held in 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-22 |title=Iloilo holds first Batchoy Festival - Iloilo Metropolitan Times |url=https://www.imtnews.ph/iloilo-holds-first-batchoy-festival/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=www.imtnews.ph |language=en-US}}</ref> it features a friendly competition among [[aficionados]] and [[Merchant|merchants]] to determine who offers the best-tasting batchoy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tayona |first=Glenda |date=2023-01-21 |title=Batchoy Festival: Reconnecting with the City of Love |url=https://www.panaynews.net/batchoy-festival-reconnecting-with-the-city-of-love/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Panay News |language=en-GB}}</ref> The event is a collaboration between [[SM City Iloilo]] and the [[Department of Tourism (Philippines)|Department of Tourism]] (DOT), and it is held and celebrated alongside the Grand Iloilo Food Festival at SM City Iloilo Southpoint every January.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=Sun Star Davao |date=2024-01-30 |title=Experience Dinagyang at the heartbeat of festivities |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/lifestyle/experience-dinagyang-at-the-heartbeat-of-festivities-2 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=SunStar Publishing Inc. |language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Cuisine of the Philippines]]
* [[Kinalas]]
* [[List of soups]]
* [[Pancit Molo]]
* [[Ramen]] - a similar dish from Japan
* [[Soto (food)|Soto]] - Indonesian soups, most of which are made with chicken or beef
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="caligan">{{cite news | last =Caligan | first =Michelle S. | title =The Ten Peso Wonder | publisher =EntrepreNews | date =May 26, 2009 | url =http://www.entreprenews.com.ph/main.php?id=052609.feature | access-date =September 3, 2009 | archive-date =September 1, 2009 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090901081621/http://www.entreprenews.com.ph/main.php?id=052609.feature | url-status =dead }}</ref>
<ref name="besa">{{cite book | last1=Besa | first1=A. | last2=Dorotan | first2=R. | title=Memories of Philippine Kitchens | publisher=Abrams | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-61312-808-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=He-RBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT418 | access-date=August 24, 2018 | page=pt418}}</ref>
<ref name="sunstar2009">{{cite news |last=Pendon |first=Lydia C. |title=Batchoy bowl draws thousands of children, adults |publisher=Sun.Star Iloilo |date=January 22, 2009 |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/iloilo/batchoy-bowl-draws-thousands-children-adults |access-date=September 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512144245/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/iloilo/batchoy-bowl-draws-thousands-children-adults |archive-date=May 12, 2009 }}</ref>
<ref name="pendon">{{cite news | last =Burgos | first =Nestor P. Jr. | title =Ilonggos feast on biggest bowl of La Paz batchoy | publisher =The News Today Online Edition | date = January 23, 2009 |url =http://www.thenewstoday.info/2009/01/23/ilonggos.feast.on.biggest.bowl.of.la.paz.batchoy.html | access-date = August 5, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="funtecha">{{cite news | last =Funtecha | first =Henry F. | title =Globalization and Philippine nationalism: Questions and options | publisher =The News Today Online Edition | date = July 7, 2009 |url =http://www.thenewstoday.info/2009/08/07/globalization.and.philippine.nationalism.html | access-date = September 5, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="pinoyrecipe.net">{{cite web |title=La Paz Batchoy Recipe |url=https://www.pinoyrecipe.net/la-paz-batchoy-recipe/ |website=Pinoy Recipe At Iba Pa |access-date=December 22, 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="bumbay_pinassarap"> {{Cite episode |title = Wow Sabaw |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duKNnDwnj4I |access-date = December 28, 2022 |series = Pinas Sarap |series-link = Pinas Sarap |first = Kara |last = David |network = [[GMA Network]] |date = September 4, 2021 |language = Filipino }}</ref>
<ref name="bumbay_biyahenidrew">
{{Cite episode |title = Flavors of Quezon |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaD32_kjhMo&t=940s |access-date = December 28, 2022 |series = Biyahe ni Drew |series-link = Biyahe ni Drew |first = Drew |last = Arellano |network = [[GMA Network]] |date = February 28, 2020 |time = 15:40 |quote = |language = Filipino
}}</ref>
<ref name="fenix">{{Cite news |newspaper = Philippine Daily Inquirer |url = https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/118685/bombay-pirihil-sinantomas-pasag-oy-quezons-cuisine-is-a-wonder/ |last = Fenix |first = Micky |title = 'Bombay,' 'pirihil,' 'sinantomas,' 'pasag-oy'–Quezon's cuisine is a wonder |date = August 8, 2013 |access-date = December 28, 2022 |language = English |quote = Bombay, the soup similar to the Tagalog batchoy where the main ingredients are cooked in a banana leaf pouch that resembles an Indian turban (hence the dish’s name).}}</ref>
<ref name="gonzales">{{Cite news |newspaper = Manila Bulletin |url = https://ph.news.yahoo.com/cooking-quezon-000506284.html |last = Gonzales |first = Gene |title = The cooking of Quezon |date = October 31, 2013 |access-date = December 28, 2022 |language = English |quote = Bombay which is a soup with banana leaf parcels filled with chopped pork lungs}}</ref>
}}
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