Pancit Cabagan - Recipe

Pancit Cabagan is one hell of a delicious noodle dish that originated from the Isabela province, like any other noodle dishes in the Philippines its roots are of Chinese origin. This dish for me looks like a cross between the Pancit Canton and Pancit Palabok, sometimes it nearly looks similar to Hokkien Mee but had more sauce.


Method


1. Cook fresh noodles according to packet instructions. Drain the set aside.
2. Season pork with salt then heat up a wok. Add oil then fry pork belly until brown and crispy, remove from wok then set aside.
3. In the same wok, sauté garlic and onions.
4. Add in the pork liver then stir fry for a minute.
5. Add carrots, French beans and cabbage then stir fry for 2 minutes. Remove from the wok then set aside.
6. Mix cornstarch with 1 cup of stock then set it aside. Pour 4 cups of chicken stock, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce and soy sauce, bring it to a boil. Once boiling pour the cornstarch mixture and simmer until sauce thickens. Flavour with fish sauce if needed then season with freshly ground black pepper.
7. Fold in the noodles and half of the vegetable mixture in the wok, turn of the heat then place in a plate.
8. Top with remaining vegetable mixture, chicharon and quail eggs then serve with lemon or calamansi on the side.

Ingredients

500g fresh egg noodles
200g pork belly, sliced
100g pork liver, sliced
1 cup pork chicharon, crushed (recipe here)
2 dozen quail eggs, hard boiled
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 head cabbage, julienned
1 bunch French beans, julienned
1 carrot, julienned
5 cups chicken stock
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tbsp hoisin suace
2 tbsp oyster sauce
3 tbsp cornstarch
fish sauce
freshly ground black pepper
lemon or calamansi
salt