Filipino Bihon Pancit

Filipino shrimp and pork pancit with cabbage, carrots and celery.

4.85 from 20 votes

This traditional filipino dish known as Bihon Pancit is a quick and easy stir-fry noodle dish with vegetables and pork. I love adding shrimp to with a fresh squeeze of lime juice.

Prep Time30

Cook Time15

Total Time45

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Filipino

Servings: people

Calories: 636kcal

Author: Dana Rao

Ingredients

1 pack rice noodles soak in water to soften

saute protein

1 tablespoon avocado oil
1 pork loin (can sub with chicken) thinly sliced
5-8 large shrimp (OPTIONAL) peeled and de-veined
½ teaspoon salt

saute vegetables

1 tablespoon avocado oil
3 garlic cloves minced
½ white onion sliced
1 carrot julienne
¼ cabbage sliced
2 celery stalks sliced
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon soy sauce

assemble noodles

2 cups chicken broth
¼ cup oyster sauce *see notes (add more to taste)
softened rice noodles
sauteed vegetables
sauteed protein
1-2 tablespoon soy sauce to taste
black pepper to taste

garnish

sliced green onions
1 calamansi or lime freshly squeezed

Instructions

Prep Noodles, Vegetables and Protein

Soak rice noodles for 15-30 minutes in room temperature water.
While the noodles are soaking, prep your vegetables. Mince 3 garlic cloves. Slice ½ white onion. Julienne (thinly sliced) 1 carrot. Slice 2 celery stalks and ¼ cabbage. Tip: Make sure all the vegetables are uniform in size to ensure even cooking!
To prepare the meat, you can use chicken or pork. Thinly slice your pork. Tip: Tenderize the pork by pounding the meat on both sides with the back of your knife. Peel and de-vein the shrimp.
The rice noodles should be soft after you are done prepping the vegetables/meat. Strain the noodles and set aside.

Saute

Heat pan to medium-high heat. Once the pan is hot, add 1 tablespoon oil. Add sliced pork and cook for 1 minute. Then add the shrimp and ½ teaspoon salt and fry for 1 minute until the shrimp has just turned orange and the pork is browned. Set meat and shrimp aside. Be careful not to overcook the meat because we are going to cook it again.
Using the same pan on medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil. Add garlic and then onions. Saute for one minute. Then, add carrots. Saute for 1 minute, then add cabbage and celery. Saute for 2 minutes. Add 1 tbs soy sauce and ½ teaspoon salt. Cook until the cabbage has softened and set all the vegetables aside.
Use the same pan and turn on low-medium heat. Add 2 cups of chicken broth and ¼ cup oyster sauce. Then, add noodles. Once the chicken broth has evaporated and cooked down (doesn’t look soupy). Stir and add the vegetables and meat. Mix together and if the noodles are looking a little dry (don’t add too much or it will be watery!), gradually add ½ cup chicken broth to the pan.
Finally add black pepper to taste and sliced green onions. This is optional, but feel free to add 1 to 2 tablespoon soy sauce, and 1 to 2 tablespoon oyster sauce if you like the dish to be more savory. Hope you enjoy with some freshly squeeze calamansi or lime!

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Notes

Expert Tips

Tenderize the pork by pounding the meat on both sides with the back of your knife. Peel and de-vein the shrimp.

Soak the noodles prior to cooking so they soften up. If you don't soak them, it will soak up too much of the chicken broth when cooking. The dish will also take longer to cook.

Be careful not to overcook the meat when first cooking in Step 3 because we are going to cook it again.

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