Pancit Palabok
✓ USDA-verified nutrition data
510 calories
44g protein
58g carbs
14g fat
4g fiber
Ingredients
- 8 oz Rice noodles
- 1 lb Shrimp
- 1/2 lb Ground pork
- 1/2 cup Tinapa flakes
- 3 Hard-boiled eggs
- 1 cup Chicharron
- 4 Green onions
- 6 cloves Garlic
- 3 tbsp Annatto oil
- 2 tbsp Fish sauce
- 4 Calamansi
Steps
- Simmer the shrimp shells (reserve the meat) in 4 cups water, 15 minutes, for a quick, briny stock; strain.
- Brown half the garlic to crisp chips; set aside. Sauté the pork in the annatto oil with the remaining garlic, 6 minutes.
- Pour in 3 cups of the shrimp stock; whisk in 3 tablespoons of flour and simmer 8 minutes into a smooth, orange gravy. Season with fish sauce.
- Cook the rice noodles in boiling water, 4 minutes; drain.
- Assemble in wide bowls: noodles first, then ladle the hot palabok sauce over.
- Crown each bowl with shrimp, sliced eggs, tinapa flakes, crushed chicharron, garlic chips, and green onions.
- Serve with calamansi. The magic is the contrast: silky sauce, crunchy toppings, briny-smoky depth in every forkful.