How to Cook Pancit Bato
Pancit Bato is a Filipino stir-fried noodle dish featuring chewy Pancit Bato noodles, succulent pork and shrimp, and a savory sauce, originating from Bato, Camarines Sur.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 540kcal
Ingredients
- 500 grams Pancit Bato dried noodles
- 2 cups pork boiled, cut into strips
- 1 cup medium size shrimp shelled
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pc white onion chopped
- 1 pc carrot sliced
- 1 pc red bell pepper cut into strips
- 1 cup snow peas sitsaro, stringed
- 1 cup green beans sliced
- 1 cup cabbage shredded
- 4 Tbsp. patis fish sauce
- 4 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 1/8 tsp. ground black pepper or to taste
- cooking oil
- liquid seasoning to taste
- kalamansi as condiment
Instructions
How to cook Pancit Bato:
- Boil the pork, drain and cut into strips. Bring the pork broth to a boil and add in the shrimp shells and head. Remove the shells and head from the broth and reserve the liquid for late use.
- In a large wok, heat oil and saute onion and garlic until aromatic. Add in pork and shrimp and saute for 3 minutes.
- Pour the soy sauce, patis and black pepper and saute for another 3 minutes. Pour 8 cups of pork and shrimp broth. Bring to a boil and simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Add in the noodles and cover. Simmer for about 5 to 8 minutes or until the dried noodles have absorbed most of the broth. You can add more water if it too dry.
- Next is add in the vegetables and cook for another 3 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked. Stir until all the ingredients are well mixed. Season with liquid seasoning according to our desired amount and taste.
- Transfer to a serving dish and serve with calamansi and patis as condiment.