MY PANSIT PALBOK

One of the most favored dishes by Filipinos is the famous Pancit palabok. It is great for snacks and will surely give your tummy a satisfying fullness. This is because the delightful snack is packed with calories and other flavorful ingredients.

Pancit Palabok is a noodle dish with shrimp sauce and topped with several ingredients such as cooked shrimp, boiled pork, crushed chicharon, tinapa flakes, fried tofu, scallions, and fried garlic. A very tasty treat that is sure to relieve your hunger.

There are other noodle dishes that are similar to this. Pancit Luglog and Pancit Malabon are the ones that come close to the taste and appearance.

 

If you love Jollibee’s Palabok, I’m sure that you will love this recipe even more. Please have the necessary ingredients on hand and prepare the necessary kitchen equipments so that you could enjoy this very tasty dish in no time.

 

INGREDIENCE

§  1 pack (1 lb) rice noodles (bihon)

SAUCE

 

§  2 tbsp cooking oil

§  1/2 lb ground pork

§  1 tbsp anatto powder

§  3 cups pork broth

§  1 piece shrimp cube

§  6 tablespoons all-purpose flour

§  2 tbsp fish sauce

§  1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Toppings:

§  1 cup boiled pork, thinly sliced and cut into small pieces

§  2 pieces fried firm tofu (tokwa), cubed

§  ½ cup tinapa flakes (smoked fish)

§  ½ cup chicharon (pounded)

§  2 hard boiled eggs,sliced

§  ½ cup cooked shrimps (boiled or steamed)

§  1/4 cup green onion or scallions, finely chopped

§  3 tbsp fried garlic

§  2 pieces lemon, sliced (or 6 to 8 pieces calamansi)

 

 

Cooking Procedure

1.      Soak the rice noodles in water for about 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.

2.      Cook the sauce by heating a saucepan. Pour-in the cooking oil.

3.      When the oil is hot enough, put-in the ground pork and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes

4.      Dilute the annato powder in pork broth then pour the mixture in the saucepan. Bring to a boil (If you are using anatto seeds, soak them first in 3 tbsp water to bring-out the color)

5.      Add the shrimp cube and stir and simmer for 3 minutes

6.      Add the flour gradually while stirring.

7.      Add the fish sauce and ground black pepper then simmer until sauce becomes thick. Set aside.

8.      Meanwhile, boil enough water in a pot.

9.      Place the soaked noodles in a strainer (use metal or bamboo strainer) then submerge the strainer in the boiling water for about a minute or until the noodles are cooked. (make sure that the noodles are still firm)

10. Remove the strainer from the pot and drain the liquid from the noodles.

11. Place the noodles in the serving plate.

12. Pour the sauce on top of the noodles then arrange the toppings over the sauce.

13.  Serve with a slice of lemon or calamansi. Share and enjoy!