How To Make Pancit Palabok
Pancit palabok is a Filipino noodle dish with an annato-infused sauce and a topping that combines chicaron, shrimp, and boiled eggs.
Ingredients
- 1 lb rice noodles, 1 pack, (bihon)
For Sauce:
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- ½ lb ground pork
- 1 tbsp anatto powder
- 3 cup pork broth
- 1 shrimp cube
- 6 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
For Topping:
- 1 cup pork, boiled, thinly sliced and cut into small pieces
- 2 firm tofu, fried, cubed (tokwa)
- ½ cup tinapa flakes, (smoked fish)
- ½ cup chicharon, pounded
- 2 hard boiled eggs, sliced
- ½ cup shrimps, cooked, boiled or steamed
- ¼ cup green onion, or scallions, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp fried garlic
- 2 lemon, sliced (or 6 to 8 pieces calamansi)
Instructions
- Soak the rice noodles in water for about 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Cook the sauce by heating a saucepan. Pour-in the cooking oil.
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When the oil is hot enough, put-in the ground pork and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes.
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Dilute the annato powder in pork broth then pour the mixture in the saucepan. Bring to a boil (If using anatto seeds, soak them first in 3 tablespoons of water to bring out the color).
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Add the shrimp cube and stir and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Add the flour gradually while stirring.
- Add the fish sauce and ground black pepper then simmer until sauce becomes thick. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, boil enough water in a pot.
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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)
- Remove the strainer from the pot and drain the liquid from the noodles.
- Place the noodles in the serving plate.
- Pour the sauce on top of the noodles then arrange the toppings over the sauce.
- Serve with a slice of lemon or calamansi. Share and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Sugar: 2g
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- Calcium: 223mg
- Calories: 733kcal
- Carbohydrates: 82g
- Cholesterol: 118mg
- Fat: 30g
- Fiber: 4g
- Iron: 4mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g
- Potassium: 456mg
- Protein: 32g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Sodium: 1025mg
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Vitamin A: 147IU
- Vitamin C: 29mg
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