Crispy Pancit Canton
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon garlic minced
- 1 piece onion sliced
- 1/2 piece medium red bell pepper seeded and cut into thin strips
- 1/2 piece medium green bell pepper seeded and cut into thin strips
- 100 grams chicken breast fillet cooked and chopped
- 100 grams pork chopped
- 1 tablespoon calamansi juice
- 100 grams shrimps peeled and deveined
- 1 cup cabbage shredded and blanched
- 1/2 cup sitsaro tips removed. cut into 1-inch strips and blanched
- 1/2 cup carrots cut into thin strips and blanched
- 1/2 cup cauliflower cut into smaller flowerettes and blanched
- 1/2 cup broccoli cut into smaller flowerettes and blanched
- 1/2 cup Baguio beans cut into strips and blanched
- 1/4 cup oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 2 tablespoons cold water
- 1/2 tablespoon ginger minced
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon achuete seeds soaked in 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 cups mung beans soaked in water
- 1 pack pancit canton
- 3 stalks spring onion chopped
- 10 pieces quail eggs hard-boiled & halved
Instructions
- 1. Heat 2 tablespoons canola oil and saute garlic. onion. red and green bell pepper. Add the chicken and pork.
- 2. In a bowl. pour calamansi over the shrimp. When the pork is tender. add the shrimp to pan. Stir in the blanched vegetables and mix thoroughly.
- 3. Add oyster sauce and cornstarch. Stir to coat vegetables and set aside.
- 4. In another pan. heat 1 tablespoon canola oil and saute ginger. Combine soy sauce. water. and achuete oil. Bring to a boil.
- 5. Add mung beans and mix to coat with the sauce. Set aside.
- 6. Heat water to a boil to blanch pancit canton. Quickly blanch pancit canton noodles in it using a strainer. Remove quickly. then form a nest using a large ladle or strainer.
- 7. Heat canola oil in a deep pan. Deep-fry pancit canton noodles until golden brown.
- 8. Arrange noodles on a platter. then top with sotanghon base and vegetables over noodles. or garnish with spring onions and quail eggs.