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Pancit bihon is commonly known as a Filipino type of noodles. Noodles in every Filipino’s life is very significant. For instance, eating and serving noodles especially during your birthday is symbolic way of saying “may you have a long life ahead of you”.
This type of noodles called rice stick noodles or bihon vermicelli is relatively easy to prepare with plenty of vegetables added. I usually cook this not only for special occasions in the family but I also cook this pancit bihon for breakfast, lunch, tea time, as well as dinner.
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Ingredients:
- 1 pack of rice stick noodles ( pancit bihon)
- 1/4 lb. pork belly, cut
- 1/2 lb. devein shrimp but live the tail
- 1/4 cup of vegetable oil
- 1 small carrot, sliced into thin long
- 1 cup shredded cabbage
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 small onion, slice into shredded
- 1 cup shrimp broth (boiled and mashed all the heads of the shrimp)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tsp of fish sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking Procedure:
- Soak noodles in warm water until softened. Drain and set aside.
- In a big wok, add the pork belly and let the oil come out. Take the pork and live the oil.
- Add vegetable oil and saute garlic and onion until it fragrance and add shrimp and stir- fry together around 2 minutes and take it out the half-cooked shrimp and set aside.
- Pour shrimp broth to the wok and let it boil in medium heat. Add sliced carrots and bihon and let it simmer for about 2 minutes and add on the shredded cabbage, half-cooked shrimp, fish sauce and season it with salt and pepper. Let it simmer around 3 minutes.
- Turn it into high heat and keep stirring until it constantly cooked and dried. Serve with rice, or bread and sprinkle it with lemon or calamansi.
Cooking Tips:
- You can use chicken and also chicken broth if you are allergic to shrimp.
- You can add on stalks of celery, snow bean peas, bell pepper or red chili to add a little bit of spicy,
- Do not overcook shrimp and vegetables.
- You can add chicken powder for seasoning.
- You can add on pork liver or chicken liver.
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Pancit Bihon
This type of noodles called rice stick noodles or bihon vermicelli is relatively easy to prepare with plenty of vegetables added.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 109kcal
Cost: P100
Equipment
- Wok
- Tong
Ingredients
- 1 pack Pack of rice stick noodles ( pancit bihon)
- 1/4 lb Pork belly, cut
- 1/2 lb Devein shrimp but leave the tail
optional - 1/4 cup Vegetable oil
- 1 pc Carrot
sliced into thin long strips - 1 cup Cabbage shredded
- 2 cloves Garlic crushed
- 1 small Onion sliced
- 1 cup Shrimp broth
boiled and mashed all the heads of the shrimp - 1 tbsp Soy sauce
- 1 tsp Fish sauce
- 1 pinch Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Soak noodles in warm water until softened. Drain and set aside.
- In a big wok, add the pork belly and let the oil come out. Take the pork and live the oil.
- Add vegetable oil and saute garlic and onion until it fragrance and add shrimp and stir- fry together around 2 minutes and take it out the half-cooked shrimp and set aside.
- Pour shrimp broth to the wok and let it boil in medium heat. Add sliced carrots and bihon and let it simmer for about 2 minutes and add on the shredded cabbage, half-cooked shrimp, fish sauce and season it with salt and pepper. Let it simmer around 3 minutes.
- Turn it into high heat and keep stirring until it constantly cooked and dried. Serve with rice, or bread and sprinkle it with lemon or calamansi.
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Notes
Cooking Tips:
- You can use chicken and also chicken broth if you are allergic to shrimp.
- You can add on stalks of celery, snow bean peas, bell pepper or red chili to add a little bit of spicy,
- Do not overcook shrimp and vegetables.
- You can add chicken powder for seasoning.
- You can add on pork liver or chicken liver.
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