PANCIT - The Philippine's most sought after viand in every special occasion such as birthdays, fiesta, nuptial, baptism, anniversaries, on engagement, parties, but for me I just love pancit that's why I love to cook pancit most of the time. Walang kasawa- sawa! lol
Then somehow there are friends from other countries who love pancit the first time they tasted it and they asked me for a recipe. I told them it's easy to cook it without recipe. I mean just saute' the ingredients and stir fry the noodles with all the meat and veggies ingredients. I think somehow they want a complete, comprehensive direction of such because they tried to cook chow mein but it is not equal to what they tasted.
Do I really have to tell them the secret of what Pancit or Filipino chow mein should be?
Preparation: All meat and shrimps should be washed and cleaned including cabbage and carrots
INGREDIENTS:
Canola cooking oil - 1/4 cup
Crushed or minced garlic - 2 tbsp
Sliced thin whole onion
Sliced thin pork - 3 cups
Sliced thin chicken strips - 3 cups
Small shrimps - 16 -20 pcs
Salt, soy sauce, ground black pepper
Chicken broth 4 tbsp mixed in 3-4 cups of lukewarm water
Cabbage - cut in 1"x 1" size
Carrots cut thinly in strips
Chopped cilantro or spring onions
Farkay noodles Or Rice Vermicelli (soak them first on hot boiling water and then drain)
DIRECTION:
1. Get ready with your big stainless wok on hot, hot stove. Pour the cooking oil.
2. Once the oil is sizzling hot, drop the garlic, onions and stir, add the meat and saute' cooked them until golden brown, add shrimps, salt, ground pepper, then soy sauce to taste.
3. Pour the chicken broth and let it boil then have the carrots and cabbage. Do not over cook the veggies. Just for five minutes and set aside all the ingredients to a big bowl.
4. The broth still boiling in the wok... drop the Farkay noodles or rice vermicelli on the wok on that chicken broth. Mix and stir until cooked then mix all the ingredients. Garnish with cilantro and spring onions. SERVE HOT.
NOTE: There are many ways, method and technique in cooking pancit. You can have alternatives in using different kinds of noodles: Farkay, Bihon, Thai Rice Vermicelli, Pancit Canton, Ramen Noodles. You can use different types of Meat: Pork, Chicken, Beef or Seafood: Shrimps, Crabs, Scallops, Squids, and choice of Veggies: Cabbage, Carrots, Green Peas, Brocolli, Green Beans, Bokchoy.
NOTE: Can be costly of a viand because of numerous amounts of ingredients from meat, seafoods and vegetables. RESULT: Absolutely delicious!
