Jul
14
Filipino Recipes – Pancit Palabok Recipe – Pinoy Food
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Pancit palabok is a noodle recipe that originated from the Chinese. Is it different from the other noodle recipes because of the sauce that gives it a unique taste. A bright orange thick sauce with shrimp flavor is used to cover the thin rice noodles. It is great for snacks and usually prepared for parties.
Ingredients:
Palabok Noodles / Sauce
- 1/2 kilo miki noodles
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- 1/2 kilo small crabs
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 5 cloves of garlic (minced)
- 4 tablespoons of cornstarch (dissolved in water)
- 2 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
- 2 tablespoons of atchuete seeds or oil
- 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Palabok Toppings
- Pork chicharon (grounded)
- Squid adobo (sliced into rings)
- Cooked shrimps (shelled)
- Tinapa flakes (smoked fish)
- Hard boiled eggs (shelled and sliced)
- Fresh calamansi or lemon (sliced)
- Fried garlic (minced)
- Spring onions (chopped)
Cooking Procedure:
- Take out the meat and fat from the cleaned crabs then set aside.
- Add the 1 1/2 cups of water to the crab shell then pound and extract the juice.
- Sauté the garlic and onions in a pan until the color turns golden brown. Then add the crab meat, crab fat, crab wash, MSG and patis. Go on cooking until it comes to a boil then simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Add the corn starch solution and stir constantly until the cooking liquid is thick.
- Place the miki noodles in a sieve and have it dipped in boiling water until cooked, takes about 5 minutes.
- Drain excess water from the noodles. Lay the noodles in a serving platter and spread the palabok sauce on top of the noodles. Use the toppings for garnish then serve.
