Pancit Palabok is a Filipino noodle dish of Chinese origin. It is called palabok because the thin rice noodles are covered with a bright colored orange shrimp-flavoured thick sauce. Aside from the sauce, pancit palabok has a toppings of prawns, wedge cut hard-boiled eggs, chicharon (pork cracklings), flaked tinapa (smoke fish), fried garlic and chopped of green onions. Then finished it with squeeze calamansi (Philippine Lemon) all over.
Ingredients :
- 8 cups water
- 1 cup mongo sprouts
- 1 lb. pancit bihon (rice noodles) or palabok noodles
- 1/4 cup atsuete (annatto) seeds, soaked in
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 cups shrimp juice
- 6 tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup water
- salt and pepper,to taste
- 1 cup cooked pork, cut into strips
- 2 pcs. fried tokwa (beancurd), cubed
- 1/2 cup flaked tinapa (smoked fish)
- 1/2 cup pounded chicharon (pork cracklings)
- 2 eggs, hard-boiled and sliced into wedges
- 1/2 cup shrimps, boiled and shelled
- 1/2 cup finely chopped green onions, to garnish
- 1 tbsp. fried garlic, to garnish
- kalamansi (Philippine lemon)
Cooking Procedures :
- Boil water in a pot. Place mongo sprouts in a strainer and then add the noodles. Drop strainer into boiling water. Cook sprouts and noodles until soft. Drain well. Pour noodles with sprouts in a large platter.
- Prepare palabok sauce: Strain atsuete water. Add to shrimp juice and cook in a saucepan. Disperse flour in water and add to the pan. Bring to a boil and stir constantly. Season to taste. Remove from heat and pour over cooked noodles.
- Top with pork and tokwa. Sprinkle with tinapa and chicharon. Arrange egg slices and shrimps on top. Garnish with green onions and fried garlic. Serve with kalamansi.