Pansit: Filipino Rice Noodles

Pansit is a delicious Filipino rice noodle dish that I learned from my friend Rob Aguilla’s mother – who always made the most amazing Filipino food. This is a really healthy recipe with tons of  vegetables and meats in it. You can easily skip the meats to make this dish vegetarian altogether. I love to top my Pansit off with crushed peanuts and some cayenne pepper.

PANSIT

2 Tbs. oil

1 tsp. minced garlic

3 cups thin asian rice noodles ( wash noodles and set aside)

1⁄2 cup sliced onion

6 medium shrimps, peeled in halves length wise

1⁄2 c  chicken meat diced

1⁄2 c  ham cut in strip

2 Tbs. soy sauce

1⁄2 c  shrimp juice

1 c   green cabbage shredded

1⁄2 c   string beans (julienne cut)

1⁄2 c   carrot (julienne cut)

1-2 stalks celery (diagonally diced)

1 Tbs. finely cut green onion

1 cup vegetable or chicken stock

Salt & pepper to taste

1 lemon (sliced) for garnish

METHOD:

• Heat wok.
• Add oil and sauté onion and garlic until fragrant.

• Add chicken and shrimp.
• Toss to mix to precook chicken and shrimp.
• Add soy sauce, string  beans, carrots, diced celery and green cabbage.
• Add salt, pepper and soy sauce to taste.
• Remove meat and veggie’s and put them in big bowl.
• Set aside.  Keep warm.  Retain sauce in the wok.
• Add one cup of stock to the sauce.

• Let it boil, then drop the washed rice noodles.
• Toss and let noodles cook with the sauce.
• After the noodles are cooked  (don’t overcook the noodles) put back the veggie’s and mixture and
• Toss the rice noodles with the veggies and mixture.

• Serve warm.
• Sprinkle with finely cut green scallion, peanuts and garnish with slices of lemon.