Pancit Palabok Recipe





Estimated preparation for toppings: 1 1/2 hours

Estimated cooking time for sauce & noodles: 40 minutes

Pansit Palabok Ingredients: 

Palabok Noodle/ Soup
1/2 kilo miki noodles
1/2 kilo small crabs
5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons of atchuete seeds or oil
2 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
4 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in water
1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
1 1/2 cups of water

Palabok Toppings
  • Tinapa flakes (smoked fish) 
  • Cooked shrimps, shelled 
  • Squid adobo, sliced into rings 
  • Pork chicharon, grounded 
  • Spring onions, chopped 
  • Hard boiled eggs, shelled, sliced
  • Fried garlic, minced 
  • Fresh calamansi (lemon), sliced 

Pansit Palabok Cooking Instructions:
  • Extract fat and meat from clean crabs, set aside. 
  • Pound crab and extract juice on 1 1/2 cups of water 
  • On a pan, sauté garlic and onions until golden brown then add crab fat, crab meat, 1 1/2 cups of crab wash, patis and MSG. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. 
  • Add corn starch and continue to simmer while constantly stirring until thick. 
  • Put miki noodles in a strainer and dip in boiling water for 5 minutes or until cooked. 
  • Lay drained noodles on a platter and pour the palabok sauce. Garnish with toppings and serve.
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