Pansit Palabok is a Filipino Dish. Filipinos are fond of eating; they eat more than 3 meals a day. I was having second thoughts of putting this recipe in the snack category because Filipinos will have Pansit Palabok for their main meals too. Anyway, I think it will best be described as a snack food.
So, here it goes….
Ingredients:
1 lb of rice noodles
2 tablespoons of cooking oil
1/2 pound of ground pork
1 tablespoon of anatto powder
3 cups of pork broth
1 shrimp cube
6 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
2 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 teaspoon of ground black pepper
For the Toppings:
1 cup of thinly sliced boiled pork
½ cup of smoked fish flakes
½ cup of pounded pork cracklings (chicharon)
2 hard boiled eggs,sliced
½ cup of boiled shrimps (head and shell removed)
3 tablespoons of fried garlic
2 pieces of sliced lemon (but best if you can find calamansi, 6 to 8 pieces)
Method:
1. Soak the rice noodles in water for 15 minutes; drain and set aside.
2. Cook the sauce by heating a saucepan. Pour-in the cooking oil. When the oil is hot enough, put-in the ground pork and cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Dilute the annato powder in pork broth then pour the mixture in the saucepan. Bring to a boil.
4. Add the shrimp cube; 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.
5. Boil enough water in a pot. Place the soaked noodles in a metal strainer; submerge the strainer in the boiling water for a minute or until the noodles are cooked.
6. Remove the strainer from the pot and drain the liquid from the noodles.
7. Place the noodles in the serving plate.
8. Pour the sauce on top of the noodles then arrange the toppings over the sauce.
9. Serve with a slice of lemon or calamansi.
Happy Cooking 🙂
cooking with Fade 