🍜 Pancit Canton / Pancit Bihon

Noodles & Rice · Main ingredient: Noodles · ⏱ 27 min · Serves 5 · ~₱315 · Best for: Dinner, Lunch, Snack

Ingredients

• 250 g 250g pancit canton noodles (or 250g pancit bihon/rice noodles, soaked in water 10 minutes)
• 250 g 250g chicken breast or pork, thinly sliced
• 150 g 150g medium shrimp, peeled and deveined (optional)
• 2 tbsp 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 4 clove 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pc 1 medium onion, sliced
• 3 tbsp 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp 2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 cup 1 cup cabbage, sliced
• 1 cup 1 cup carrots, julienned
• 1 cup 1 cup snow peas or baguio beans, sliced
• 0.5 cup 1/2 cup dried wood ear mushrooms, soaked and sliced (optional)
• 3 tbsp 3 tbsp fish sauce (patis)
• 1 tsp 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 pc 1 piece calamansi or lemon per serving, for squeezing
• 1 stalk Spring onions, chopped, for garnish

Instructions

1. If using pancit bihon, soak the rice noodles in room-temperature water for 10 minutes until pliable, then drain well. If using pancit canton, no soaking is needed.
2. Heat oil in a large wok or pan over medium-high heat. Sauté garlic and onion until fragrant.
3. Add chicken or pork slices and cook until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add shrimp and cook until pink, about 2 minutes, then set the meat and shrimp aside.
4. In the same pan, pour in chicken stock, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and fish sauce; bring to a simmer.
5. Add carrots and wood ear mushrooms first, cooking for 2 minutes, then add cabbage and snow peas, cooking until just tender-crisp.
6. Return the cooked meat and shrimp to the pan and mix well.
7. Add the noodles gradually, tossing continuously to absorb the liquid and sauce evenly. Cook for 5-8 minutes until noodles are tender and most liquid is absorbed.
8. Season with ground black pepper and adjust soy sauce or fish sauce to taste.
9. Transfer to a serving platter, garnish with chopped spring onions, and serve hot with calamansi on the side.

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