Noodle Recipes

Pancit Palabok Recipe


Estimated preparation for toppings: 1 1/2 hours
Estimated cooking time for sauce & noodles: 40 minutes

Pansit Palabok Ingredients:

Palabok Noodles / Sauce
  • 1/2 kilo miki noodles
  • 1/2 kilo small crabs
  • 5 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons of atchuete seeds or oil
  • 2 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
  • 4 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in water
  • 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
  • 1 1/2 cups of water
Palabok Toppings
  • Tinapa flakes (smoked fish)
  • Cooked shrimps, shelled
  • Squid adobo, sliced into rings
  • Pork chicharon, grounded
  • Spring onions, chopped
  • Hard boiled eggs, shelled, sliced
  • Fried garlic, minced
  • Fresh calamansi (lemon), sliced

Pansit Palabok Cooking Instructions:

  • Extract fat and meat from clean crabs, set aside.
  • Pound crab and extract juice on 1 1/2 cups of water
  • On a pan, sauté garlic and onions until golden brown then add crab fat, crab meat, 1 1/2 cups of crab wash, patis and MSG. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Add corn starch and continue to simmer while constantly stirring until thick.
  • Put miki noodles in a strainer and dip in boiling water for 5 minutes or until cooked.
  • Lay drained noodles on a platter and pour the palabok sauce. Garnish with toppings and serve. 


    Pancit Bihon Recipe


    Estimated cooking & preparation time: 45 minutes

    Pancit Bihon Ingredients:

  • 1 8 oz. pack pancit bihon noodles
  • 1 cooked chicken breast, shredded
  • 2 cups of chicken broth or 2 chicken bouillon cubes dissolved in 2 cups of water
  • 1/4 cabbage, sliced into strips
  • 1 onion, pealed and sliced
  • 3 cloves of garlic, crushed and minced
  • 1/3 cup scallions, cut into pieces
  • 1 carrot, sliced into strips
  • 2 tablespoons of cooking oil
  • 3/4 cup diced celery
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 5 pieces of calamansi or 1 lemon, sliced

Pancit Bihon Cooking Instructions:

  • Soak the pancit bihon noodles to soften for 10 minutes
  • Grease a large pan or wok with oil. Sauté garlic and onions.
  • Add the chicken broth, the shredded chicken breast and all the vegetables until cooked.
  • Mix in the pancit bihon noodles and add the soy sauce, cook for about 5 minutes or until the noodles are soft.
  • Salt and pepper to taste.
  • Serve hot with sliced calamansi on the side.

Cooking Notes:

  • Calamansi or lemon is to be squeezed into the pancit bihon before eating.


    Pansit Canton Recipe


    Estimated cooking & preparation time: 1 hour

    Pansit Canton Ingredients:

  • 12 ounces pansit canton noodles
  • 1 chicken breast, cooked and shredded
  • 4 cups chicken broth (from boiled breast)
  • 1/2 pound pork, sliced in small pieces
  • 1/2 pound shrimps, shelled and deveined
  • 4 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup Chinese sausages, sliced
  • cauliflower, cut to bit size
  • 2 cups snow peas (sitsaro)
  • 2 cups cabbage, sliced into strips
  • 1 cup celery, sliced
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 1/4 cup scallions, diced
  • 4 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Pansit Canton Cooking Instructions:

  • In a big pan or wok, sauté in oil the garlic and onions. Then add sliced pork until cooked.
  • Add 2 cups of chicken broth and add the shredded chicken, sliced Chinese sausages, shrimps, snow peas, cabbage, celery and diced carrot. Simmer for about 10 minutes or until cooked.
  • Add the remaining 2 cups of chicken broth and the pansit canton noodles. Let simmer until noodles are soft.
  • Add the scallions, sesame oil then salt and pepper to taste.
  • Serve hot


    Filipino Style Spaghetti Recipe


    Estimated & preparation & cooking time: 40 minutes.

    Spaghetti Ingredients:

  • 1 kg. spaghetti noodles
  • 1/2 kg. ground beef
  • 1/2 kg. ground pork
  • 1/4 kg. hotdogs, diagonally sliced
  • 1 kg. tomato sauce (or 3/4 kg. tomato sauce and 1/4 kg. banana catsup)
  • 3 pieces laurel leaves (bay leaves)
  • 1/4 cup brown or white sugar (reduce to 1/8 cup if using banana catsup)
  • 2 green bell peppers, diced
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 head garlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoons of cooking oil
  • 1 cup of water
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup grated cheese

Spaghetti Cooking Instructions:

  • Cook spaghetti noodles according to package instructions.
  • In a sauce pan or wok, sauté garlic and onions in cooking oil.
  • Add ground beef, ground pork, laurel leaves, bell pepper and a cup of water. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Add tomato sauce or combination of banana catsup and tomato sauce, salt and pepper to taste then let simmer for another 10 minutes
  • Add brown sugar and hotdogs. Continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
  • Optional: add hot sauce e.g. Tabasco for more spice if desired.
  • Serve with the cooked spaghetti noodles and grated cheese on top.




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