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Easy Palabok Recipe
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Easy Pancit Palabok Recipe

Pancit Palabok is a noodle dish popular in the Philippines. It uses rice noodles and a bright orange sauce. It is easy to make and delicious.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Main
Cuisine: FILIPINO
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 74kcal
Author: Shobee

Equipment

  • 1 large cooking pan
  • 1 Ladle
  • bowl

Ingredients

TOPPINGS:

  • Salmon Flakes
  • Fried garlic
  • boiled egg
  • 3 chopped green onion
  • Chicharones

Palabok Sauce

  • 2 tablespoons Annato oil or canola oil
  • 4 Cloves Minced garlic
  • 1/2 Cup Chopped red onion
  • 1/4 Cup Water
  • 1 Tsp Annato Powder
  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 6 cups Shrimp Stock
  • 2 Sachet Palabok Sauce Mix
  • Fish sauce
  • 2 Cups Mexican Chicharones, separated

FOR THE NOODLES

  • 16 oz Rice Stick Noodles

Instructions

Prepare the Palabok Sauce

  • Wash the shrimp, remove the head, and remove the remaining shell. Put this in a pan and add in six cups of water. Boil the shrimp meat and the shells until they change their color. Use a strainer to separate the meat from the broth. Discard the shells. Strain for the second time to ensure that impurities are removed.
  • Mix the water and the annato powder until smooth. Set it aside.
  • Add the palabok sauce mix to the shrimp broth. Mix until there are no lumps. Set aside.
  • Heat the annato oil and saute' the garlic and the onion. Add in the ground chicken. Cook ground chicken until it is not pink. Add the annato powder mixture to add color.
  • Pour the palabok sauce mixture. Let it simmer on low heat to thicken the sauce. Continue stirring so that the sauce does not stick to the bottom.
  • Add one cup of the chicharones. Simmer for three more minutes and season the palabok sauce with fish sauce. Season the sauce according to your liking. Fish sauce is not shown on the ingredient photo.

To serve

  • Cook the rice stick noodles per package instructions.
  • Place noodles in deep bowl and add the chicharones. Add the Palabok sauce on top and add all the toppings.

Nutrition

Calories: 74kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 411mg | Potassium: 302mg | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg