Filipino Pancit Palabok Recipe Video
Pancit Palabok is a noodle dish with shrimp sauce and topped with several ingredients such as cooked shrimp, boiled pork, crushed chicharon, tinapa flakes, fried tofu, scallions, and fried garlic. A very tasty treat that is sure to relieve your hunger.
There are other noodle dishes that are similar to this. Pancit Luglog and Pancit Malabon are the ones that come close to the taste and appearance (the only difference would be the noodle and some ingredients as well as some preparation steps).
If you love Jollibee€™s Palabok, I€™m sure that you will love this recipe even more. Please have the necessary ingredients on hand and prepare the necessary kitchen equipments so that you could enjoy this very tasty dish in no time.
Ingredients
| Rice noodles | 1 Pound | |
| Cooking oil | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Ground pork | 1⁄2 Pound | |
| Annatto powder | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Pork broth | 3 Cup (48 tbs) | |
| Shrimp cube | 1 | |
| All purpose flour | 6 Tablespoon | |
| Fish sauce | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Ground black pepper | 1⁄2 Teaspoon | |
| Boiled pork | 1 Cup (16 tbs), thinly sliced and cut into small pieces | |
| Firm tofu | 2 , cubed | |
| Tinapa flakes | 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) (Smoked Fish) | |
| Chicharon | 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), pounded | |
| Hard boiled eggs | 2 , sliced | |
| Cooked shrimps | 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), boiled or steamed | |
| Green onion/Scallion | 1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs), finely chopped | |
| Fried garlic | 3 Tablespoon | |
| Lemon slices/6 to 8 pieces calamansi | 2 , sliced |
Directions
1. Soak the rice noodles in water for about 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.
2. Cook the sauce
2.1 Heat a saucepan and pour the cooking oil
2.2 When the oil is hot enough, put-in the ground pork and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes
2.3 Dilute the annato powder in pork broth then pour the mixture in the saucepan. Bring to a boil (If you are using anatto seeds, soak them first in 3 tbsp water to bring-out the color)
2.4 Add the shrimp cube and stir and simmer for 3 minutes
2.5 Add the flour gradually while stirring.
2.6 Add the fish sauce and ground black pepper then simmer until sauce becomes thick. Set aside.
3. Boil enough water in a pot
4. Place the soaked noodles in a strainer (use metal or bamboo strainer) then submerge the strainer in the boiling water for about a minute or until the noodles are cooked. (make sure that the noodles are still firm)
5. Remove the strainer from the pot and drain the liquid from the noodles.
6. Place the noodles in the serving plate.
7. Place the sauce on top of the noodles then arrange the toppings over the sauce.
8. Serve with a slice of lemon or calamansi. Share and enjoy!
Note: If you are using fresh shrimps with head, the shrimp cube can be omitted. Shell the shrimp and remove the head. Crush the head of the shrimp and use the juice instead of the shrimp cube.
2. Cook the sauce
2.1 Heat a saucepan and pour the cooking oil
2.2 When the oil is hot enough, put-in the ground pork and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes
2.3 Dilute the annato powder in pork broth then pour the mixture in the saucepan. Bring to a boil (If you are using anatto seeds, soak them first in 3 tbsp water to bring-out the color)
2.4 Add the shrimp cube and stir and simmer for 3 minutes
2.5 Add the flour gradually while stirring.
2.6 Add the fish sauce and ground black pepper then simmer until sauce becomes thick. Set aside.
3. Boil enough water in a pot
4. Place the soaked noodles in a strainer (use metal or bamboo strainer) then submerge the strainer in the boiling water for about a minute or until the noodles are cooked. (make sure that the noodles are still firm)
5. Remove the strainer from the pot and drain the liquid from the noodles.
6. Place the noodles in the serving plate.
7. Place the sauce on top of the noodles then arrange the toppings over the sauce.
8. Serve with a slice of lemon or calamansi. Share and enjoy!
Note: If you are using fresh shrimps with head, the shrimp cube can be omitted. Shell the shrimp and remove the head. Crush the head of the shrimp and use the juice instead of the shrimp cube.
Editors Review
This video is in Filipino.Chef
