This comforting Filipino stew usually combines diced marinated pork, carrots, potatoes, and pork's liver with a creamy tomato sauce. Since it is one of the national Filipino dishes, numerous regional varieties often employ raisins, bell peppers, garbanzo beans, and sausages.

The name menudo probably stems from menudencias, meaning offal, which might suggest that the dish used to include other innards, though pork liver is the most common option nowadays. It can also refer to small or tiny, possibly referring to the size of the ingredients.

Menudo is typically prepared for every important event in the Philippines and comes with steamed rice served on the side.