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.