Description
Learn how to make traditional Filipino Pancit Palabok at home with this easy-to-follow recipe. This dish features rice noodles topped with a savory shrimp sauce, smoked fish flakes, shrimp, and a variety of toppings for a delicious and satisfying meal.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 lb rice noodles (bihon)
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- ½ lb ground pork
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 cups shrimp stock (or water with shrimp bouillon)
Palabok Sauce:
- 1 pack (1.76 oz) annatto powder
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Toppings:
- 1 cup smoked fish flakes (tinapa)
- 12 medium shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 2 hard-boiled eggs (sliced)
- ½ cup crushed chicharrón (pork rinds)
- 3 stalks green onions (chopped)
- 1 lemon or 3 calamansi (cut into wedges)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Soak Rice Noodles: Soak rice noodles in warm water for 10–15 minutes until softened, then drain and set aside.
- Sauté Aromatics: Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté garlic and onion until fragrant.
- Cook Pork: Add ground pork to the skillet and cook until no longer pink. Stir in fish sauce.
- Make Sauce: Combine shrimp stock and annatto powder in a bowl. Mix in flour until smooth. Pour the mixture into the pan with the pork and stir until the sauce thickens.
- Boil Shrimp: Boil shrimp for 2–3 minutes until cooked, then set aside.
- Blanch Noodles: In a pot, briefly blanch noodles in boiling water for 1–2 minutes, then drain well.
- Assemble: Place noodles on a serving platter. Pour sauce over noodles and top with shrimp, fish flakes, chicharrón, eggs, and green onions.
- Serve: Accompany with lemon or calamansi wedges.
Notes
- For a shortcut, use palabok mix instead of making the sauce from scratch.
- Try tofu for a vegetarian version or add more seafood for extra flavor.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Filipino
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 plate
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 780mg
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 52g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 115mg
