How to Cook Pancit Canton

Pancit Canton recipe is a Filipino noodle dish and Today's Delight.

Pancit Canton recipe is Filipino noodle dish made of pancit canton noodles (flour sticks), pork, shrimp or chicken and a medley of colorful vegetables.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Asian, Filipino

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 607kcal

Ingredients

1 medium onion chopped
6 cloves garlic minced
3 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
½ pound ground pork or sliced pork
½ pound medium shrimp peeled and deveined
15 - 20 pieces green beans sliced on a bias
1 medium carrot sliced thinly on a bias and cut in half
6 cups shrimp broth can be pork or chicken broth
8 ounces 227g pancit canton noodles (wheat flour sticks)
¾ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 cups cabbage shredded
calamansi or lemon cut into wedges
salt or fish sauce to taste
2 tablespoons oil

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Instructions

In a skillet, add oil over medium heat.
Saute onion for 2 minutes
Add garlic and cook till golden brown.
Add fish sauce and ground pork.
Cook pork till pale brown.
Toss-in shrimp and cook till pink.
Toss-in green beans and carrots and cook for 1 minute.
Pour shrimp broth and bring to a boil. Lower heat to medium-low.
Stir-in soy sauce and oyster sauce.
Add pancit canton noodles, submerging it into the broth. Once it soften, it will be easier to mix with the other ingredients.
While noodles are cooking, broth will be reduced until fully absorbed.
Stir-in cabbage.
Season with salt or fish sauce.
Turn off heat. Serve hot with the traditional tuyomansi (calamansi or lemon and soy sauce) or calamansi and fish sauce and ground pepper on the side. Enjoy!

Notes

Keep vegetables crisps.
Do not overcook pancit canton noodles.
When using pork, you have the option to use ground pork. Easier and more flavorful.
Pancit Canton noodles can get stale. So check it first before cooking.
Flavor is enhanced when adding tuyomansi or if you prefer fish sauce and calamansi.

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