Easy Pancit Palabok
Easy Pancit Palabok is the way to go if your looking for an easy to make noodle dish. A flavorful noodle recipe with shrimp sauce that Filipinos love. Try this homemade palabok recipe to fix your cravings!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 163kcal
Ingredients
- 250 grams rice noodles
Palabok Sauce
- 1 cup ground pork
- 1 cup hibi or small dried shrimps or fresh small shrimps
- 1 tbsp annatto powder
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 2-3 tbsp cooking oil
- ⅓ cup fish sauce
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 shrimp cube
- 6 cups water
- 4 tbsp rice flour
Toppings
- 3-4 hard boiled eggs sliced
- 1 cup chicharon / pork cracklings crushed
- ¼ cup spring onions chopped
- 5-6 pcs calamansi (halved) or lemon slices
Instructions
Cooking the rice noodles
- Soak the rice noodles in cold water for at least 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.250 grams rice noodles
- When ready to serve, just blanch the noodles briefly—1 to 2 minutes—in boiling water.
Making the sauce
- In a medium pan heat oil over low heat. Tip in ground pork and cook for approx. 5 minutes or until browned.1 cup ground pork, 2-3 tbsp cooking oil
- Add onion and garlic and sauté until onion is translucent. Add annatto powder and mix well until incorporated.1 small onion, 3 cloves garlic, 1 tbsp annatto powder
- Mix in the hibi (small dried shrimps), stir and let simmer for 2-3 minutes. After simmering, add fish sauce, salt, pepper, shrimp cube then mix well to incorporate.1 cup hibi or small dried shrimps, ⅓ cup fish sauce, ¼ tsp salt, ¼ tsp ground black pepper, 1 shrimp cube
- Make the slurry by mixing the water and rice flour then add gradually into the sauce. Cook for about 3-4 minutes while stirring until sauce is thick. Taste and adjust according to preference. Remove from heat.4 tbsp rice flour, 6 cups water
Assembly
- Place cooked rice noodles in a plate then pour sauce. Place 2 slices of hard boiled egg, add crushed chicharon and sprinkle some chopped spring onion.3-4 hard boiled eggs, 1 cup chicharon / pork cracklings, ¼ cup spring onions
- Serve with a slice of calamansi or lemon. Bon appetit!5-6 pcs calamansi (halved)
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Nutrition
Serving: 6g | Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 7.6g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2.1g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 1193mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 0.7g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg