Pancit Batil Patong

photo from www.lakadpilipinas.com

Pancit Batil Patong or Pancit Tuguegarao, this noodle dish is original from Tuguegarao.

Ingredients:

500g Fresh Miki or Hokkien noodles

200g fatty pork belly, sliced into small pieces

200g premium minced beef or minced water buffalo

2 cups crushed chicharon

1/4 head cabbage, sliced

100g bean sprouts

3-4 cups chicken stock

1/2 cup soy sauce

Fish sauce, to taste

1 red onion, sliced

8 cloves garlic, minced

Freshly ground black pepper

Fried eggs

Oil

Lime, lemon or calamansi

Procedure:

1.  Place wok over high heat then pour oil and add beef mince, stir-fry until brown, season with salt then set aside.

2.  Add the pork pieces to the wok then cook until brown all sides.

3.  Lower the heat to medium then add the half of garlic and onion, saute for 1 minutes.

4.  Put heat again on high then add the fresh noodles, 1 cup of chicken stock and soy sauce carefully stir while cooking.

5.  Continuously stir while slowly adding the remaining chicken stock for 5 minutes.

6.  Flavor with fish sauce then stir in the bean sprouts.  Remove noodles from wok, bean sprouts will cook in the remaining heat from the noodles then place on a large serving dish.

7.  Add oil to the work then saute the remaining garlic and onion, add the cabbage and stir-fry fro 2 minutes, season with fish sauce and pepper.  Remove from wok then place on top of noodles.

8.  Spread crushed chicharon on top of minced beef.

9.  Top with sunny-side-up egg. Serve with lime or lemon or calamansi.

Happy Tummy!