Pancit Bihon or Bam-E Recipe

Pancit Bihon/ Bam-E Recipe

Happy Friday! Everyone:)

Wohoo! It's Friday once again and I have a confession to all of you. I'm a Noodle Lover! Yes! I can pretty much eat noodles every week. I don't even mind eating it everyday (hahaha). This week, I'm sharing my ultimate favorite combo. Yup! It's the combination of Pancit Canton and Bihon which is my two ultimate favorite ingredients. Back home, we call it BAM-E but some of my friends called it Pancit Bihon- which basically the combination of two different kind of noodles. The cooking process is not differ from stir fried noodles or chow mien. YUM! Guess what, I have for my breakfast today? heheheh

The reason why I love Noodles especially Pancit..wink!

- It's delicious and super easy to make. We are talking about less than 30 minutes preparation. Isn't it perfect for quick fix dinner?

- Very affordable and can feed a large crowd, so perfect for get together and parties, a crowd pleaser indeed.

- Very versatile, It can be entree or appetizer and can be served hot or cold

- Almost everyone I know, love this DISH. It just so FUN to eat, especially for kids and kids at heart!:)

Do you love noodles or pancit as much as I do?  Share me your thoughts or maybe your favorite ingredients on your pancit! The cooking process varied from region to region and they all equally delicious. This recipe is my own version that I learned from my Mom. So, feel free to change something or anything according to your taste preference. So grab your noodles, vegetables and meat of your choice and lets start cooking. :) wink....

 Notes:

- Some of the ingredients are optional. You can add your favorite vegetables and meat if you like. Taste according to your preference.

Directions:

1.) Put a warm water on large bowl, Add the Bihon or rice noodles and let it soak for about 10 minutes or so or until its soften. Meanwhile, chopped all the vegetables and put little soy sauce of choice of meat. Set aside.

2.) Add little oil in large pan. Put the chopped marinated pork and let it brown. Add little oil if you have too, then add the onion, garlic and pepper. Saute for couple minutes.

3.) Add the chopped vegetables. Let it cook for like 5 minutes, Add little water and your pansit bihon sauce mix, if you don't have one soy sauce will do. 

4.) Add the pancit canton and drained bihon. Combine all the ingredients. Add salt and pepper or soy sauce to achieve that nice brown color that your looking for.

5.) Let it stand for couple minutes until everything cooked. Taste and DONE!

6.) Enjoy it with family and friends..:) YUM!

How easy it is? pretty easy huh.. and its delicious:) Until next time everyone. Grab your plate let's have some Bam-E. Keep browsing for some of your favorite recipes. Enjoy the rest of the week and I'll see you in few days!:)

x0x0x0- Melgie

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Pancit Palabok

Pancit Palabok

(Shorcut version)

Pancit palabok and pancit luglug are essentially the same dish, the difference being primarily in the noodles used in the recipe. Luglug uses a thicker noodle than the traditional bihon of a pancit palabok. Both pancit dishes use a round rice noodle (often specifically labeled for pancit luglug or palabok) smothered with a thick, golden shrimp sauce or other flavored sauce, and topped with:

• Shrimp, (the size and shell-on or shell-off depending on preference)
• Crushed or ground pork rind
• Hard-boiled egg (sliced into disks or quartered lengthwise or chopped)
• Tinapa (smoked fish) flakes
• Freshly minced green onion

Pancit palabok/pancit luglog and pancit canton are communal comfort food, and can be found at nearly all Filipino potluck parties. They are best made and eaten in batches for they are easily consumed.
(source:p: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancit)

I love Pancit Bihon, Pancit Canton, and even this Pancit Palabok. I made this a couple days ago and it was delicious, I would say my next favorite pancit recipe next to pancit bihon. Exciting news!!! I found a way to make the shrimp sauce even faster and stress free. Last week, I noticed this packet sauce at Asian store and I was smiling...BOOM! I didn't know about this until last week, but I believe it was already out on the market long time ago..the good thing about this, there is directions on the back of the package that's very simple follow. So, next time when you go to the market, look for those shrimp packet sauce for pancit palabok and try it at home. You wouldn't believe how easy it is to make Pancit Palabok for whole family. In this recipe, I made my own twist by adding some ground pork and my favorite garnishes but you can totally rock this out by making your own twist. Lets have some Pancit this week! and I'm beyond excited to share this recipe with you guys! check out the recipe below and try it on your next potluck get together..wink:)
Have fun cooking!

Shrimp Sauce:
Note:
- I used the store bought shrimp sauce packet, but if you have a good sauce recipe for Pancit Palabok feel free to make it homemade.
- Taste according to your preference.
- Add your favorite garnish for Pancit Palabok.

Ingredients for making the sauce:
1 lbs. ground pork
1 package of store bought shrimp sauce
2 cups water

Directions for making the sauce:
1.) Put the ground pork on the skillet and let it brown. Add 2 cups of water bring it to boil.
2.) Add the store bought shrimp sauce or Pancit Palabok sauce. Simmer until it thicken the sauce.
3.) Set aside. Pour it over to the cooked rice noodles and add your favorite garnish.

Pancit Palabok:


Ingredients:

Bihon/ Rice noodles

Shrimp sauce

Boiled Eggs- Sliced

Chopped green onion

Directions:
1.) In large pot. Bring water to boil. Add the bihon/ rice noodles let it cook for couple minutes. Drain; set aside.

2.) Pour the sauce into the cooked and drained rice noodles. Mix well

3.) Serve with rice and top it off with variety of garnish. I like mine with boiled eggs and green onion.

( delish! lunch at work)