Original Filipino Palabok Recipe

Palabok

Pancit Palabok is considered to be one of the most popular Filipino dishes for Family occasions such as birthdays, weddings and etc. This noodle dish is mainly flavored by shrimp sauce and is topped with several ingredients such as crushed chicharon, boiled egg, spring onions and cooked shrimp.

Ingredients

1 pack (1 lb) rice noodles (bihon)

Sauce:

5 cloves of garlic, minced

1 onion, chopped

2 tbsp cooking oil

1/2 lb ground pork

1 tablespoon of fish sauce

2 tablespoons of atchuete seeds

1 piece shrimp cube

4 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in water

2 tbsp fish sauce

1 1/2 cups of water

2 tsp ground black pepper

Toppings

Cooked shrimps, shelled

½ cup Pork chicharon, grounded

2 hard boiled eggs, sliced

1/4 cup green onion, finely chopped

Cooking Procedure: 

1.       In a pan, heat the cooking oil and sauté the garlic and onion.

2. Add the ground pork and cook for 10 minutes or until the pork turns brown.
3. Add the 1 ½ of water and the dissolved “atsuete” .Let it boil.
4. Add the dissolved cornstarch and a piece of shrimp cube and fish sauce.
5. Add 2 tsp ground black pepper
6. Wait until sauce becomes thick.  Set aside.
7. Add the rice noodles (Soaked for about 15 mins.)
8. Garnish with the toppings