Pancit Bihon Recipe
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
40 mins
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Total Time
55 mins
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Servings
8 people
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Calories
240 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Filipino
Pancit Bihon Recipe
Description
This Pancit Bihon recipe involves cooking sliced pork and cooked chicken with garlic and onion sautéed in oil. Chicken powder and water create a flavorful broth base, which simmers to extract meat flavors. A variety of vegetables including carrots, snow peas, cabbage, and celery leaves are added to the broth briefly to soften.
The broth is then separated from the meats and vegetables, and soy sauce is added. The soaked rice noodles are cooked directly in the broth until the liquid evaporates, allowing the noodles to absorb the savory flavors. Finally, the previously cooked meat and vegetables are added back to combine and heat through briefly.
The finished dish offers tender meats and vegetables mingling with noodles that have absorbed the combined sauces and broth, creating a layered and balanced texture and flavor. It is best served hot, often shared in communal settings.
Optional ingredients like Chinese sausage or bell peppers may be added to enrich flavor or personalize. Snap peas can substitute snow peas if desired.
Ingredients
- 1 lb pancit bihon Rice Noodles
- 1/2 lb. pork cut into small thin slices
- 1/2 lb. chicken cooked, deboned, and cut into thin slices
- 1/8 lb. snow peas
- 1 cup carrot
- 1/2 cabbage chopped, small
- 1 cup celery leaves chopped finely
- 1 onion chopped
- 1/2 tbsp garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons chicken powder
- 5 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 to 4 cups water
- 3 tbsp neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large wok. Saute garlic and onion
- Add the pork and chicken then let cook for 2 minutes
- Add the chicken powder and water then simmer for 15 minutes
- Put in the carrots, snow peas, cabbage, and celery leaves and simmer for a few minutes
- Remove all the ingredients in the pot except for the liquid and set them aside
- In the pot with the liquid in, add the soy sauce and mix well
- Add the pancit bihon (makes sure to first soak it in water for about 10 minutes) and mix well. Cook until liquid evaporates completely
- Put-in the vegetables and meat that were previously cooked and simmer for a minute or two
- Serve hot. Share and enjoy!
Notes
- Chinese sausage (Chorizo Macau) can be added for extra flavor; slice it thin and sauté with meats.
- Snap peas make a suitable alternative to snow peas, adjusting vegetable textures.
- Bell peppers are an optional addition, not traditionally used but common in some variations.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 8people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 240 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 8g | |
| Calories | 240kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 23g | 8% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 0.03g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 42mg | 14% |
| Sodium | 845mg | 35% |
| Potassium | 423mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 2980IU | 60% |
| Vitamin C | 29mg | 32% |
| Calcium | 62mg | 6% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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