Pancit Malabon

I am totally having a bad day.

I am having a bad day for the last three days. Wanna know why? Cause my internet connection has been really slooooooow. It’s like being run by hamster on wheels and they’re getting really tired.

The other day, someone came from the internet company and told me that my modem is broken. He replaced it with a new one. Guess what? there was no change. No change at all.

peanutbutter♥ told me to close the shop today and do some Christmas shopping to chase the bad mood away. I can’t…I’d probably spend all our savings trying to chase the bad mood away.

Okay. The hamsters are getting hungry now. I better get them some pancit. Maybe they’ll mutate into super hamsters and boost my internet connection into a gazillion Mbps or something.

Wait. Do hamsters like pancit? If they don’t, I bet they will love this one.

I am probably going out of my mind.

Pancit Malabon is true blue Filipino noodles. It originated in Malabon City, an area where fresh seafood is abundant. Seafood is the dominant flavor in this dish specially fish and shrimp…sometimes squid is also an added ingredient.
Ingredients:

750g rice noodles
¼ kg ground fatty pork
1 tbsp. Annato seeds {achuete}
1 cup shrimp juice
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 cup smoked fish flakes {tinapa}
¼ kg shrimps, shelled and steamed
1 cup finely crushed chicharon (fried or sun-dried pork rinds)
7 cloves garlic, chopped and fried
2 tbsp green onion, finely chopped
3 hard boiled egg,sliced
¼ kg bok choy, cut into bite size pieces
Pinch of salt and pepper to taste
Calamansi 


Directions:

• Soak noodles and bok choy in boiling water for 20 minutes or until softened.
• Drain well and set aside.
• Fry some garlic until golden brown and set aside.
• Soak the annato seeds in a pan with oil while fire is set to simmer fire. Strain the oil to remove annato seeds.
• Sauté garlic in heated oil and add ground fatty pork and stir-fry until golden brown.
• Add oil and shrimp juice.Simmer for a few minutes and season with salt and pepper
• In a plate, put the noodles, pour sauce over it, then sprinkle crushed pork rinds, shrimps, fried garlic. smoked fish flakes and green onions.
• Toss the pancit mixture and sprinkle with calamansi juice to taste.
• Arrange sliced eggs and shrimp on top of the noodles in your dish for presentation.
• Serve hot.

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