4/28/2020 Pancit Malabon

Pancit Malabon
Prep Time Cook Time Total Time
20 mins 40 mins 1 hr

Servings: 4 to 6 Servings Author: Lalaine Manalo

Ingredients
1 16 ounces thick rice or cornstarch noodle sticks 0 from 0 votes
water
calamansi or lemon cut into wedges

For the Toppings

oil
2 cups napa cabbage shredded
1/2 pound pork belly diced
1/2 pound large shrimp head on
1 cup tinapa flakes
1 cup pork cracklings chicharon, crushed
fried garlic bits
4 hardboiled eggs peeled and quartered
1/4 cup green onions chopped

For the Sauce

5 cups shrimp stock
1 tablespoon annatto powder
2 tablespoons shrimp base powder
2 tablespoons fish sauce
6 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons crab fat
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
1. In a deep dish, soak rice noodles in water for about 10 minutes or until softened. Drain well. In a pot over
medium heat, bring about 6 cups water to a boil. Add noodles and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes or until
cooked but firm to bite. Drain well and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine noodles, cabbage, sauce, chicharon and tinapa flakes. Gently toss and then
transfer to serving plate. Top with hard boiled eggs, shrimp, pork, toasted garlic bits and green onions.
Serve with calamansi wedges.

For the Toppings

1. In a small pot over medium heat, bring about 2 cups water to a boil. Add cabbage and cook for about 30
to 35 seconds or until tender yet crisp. With a slotted spoon, remove from pot and submerge into a bowl
of iced water. Drain well and set aside.
2. In a skillet over medium heat, add pork belly and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned and
crisp. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels.

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3. Peel shrimp, leaving tail intact. Reserve shrimp heads. In a pot over medium heat, bring 1 cup water to a
boil. Add shrimp and cook for about 1 to 2 minutes or until color changes. With a slotted spoon, remove
shrimp from pot and set aside. Reserve liquid.
4. In a pan over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon oil. Add tinapa flakes and cook, stirring regularly, for about
1 to 2 minutes or until lightly browned and heated through. Remove from pan and set aside.

For the Sauce

1. With a knife, coarsely chop reserved shrimp heads. In a pot over medium heat, combine shrimp heads
and 5 cups water. Bring to a boil, skimming any foam that rises to top. Lower heat and simmer for about
10 minutes to extract flavor. Using a fine mesh strainer, strain liquid and discard shrimp solids.
2. In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup of the shrimp stock and annatto powder. Stir well until annatto powder
is dissolved and water has changed to orange color.
3. In a large sauce pot over medium heat, combine shrimp stock (about 4 cups from the shrimp heads and
about 1 cup reserved from boiling shrimps), fish sauce and annatto water. Add shrimp base and stir until
dissolved. Bring to a boil.
4. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and 1/4 cup water. Stir until smooth. Whisking vigorously, slowly add
cornstarch mixture to shrimp stock and continue to cook for about 5 minutes or until slightly thickened.
Add crab fat and stir until combined. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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