Filipino
Pancit Bihon (Filipino Stir-Fried Rice Noodles)
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Pancit Bihon (Filipino Stir-Fried Rice Noodles) is Filipino home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the rice vermicelli in warm water until pliable, about 15 minutes, then drain well.
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Slice the chicken thinly and shred the cabbage and carrot.
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Heat the oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat and cook the garlic and onion until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
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Add the chicken and cook, stirring, until browned and cooked through, about 6 minutes.
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Add the carrot and green beans and stir-fry 3 minutes.
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Pour in the chicken broth and soy sauce and bring to a simmer.
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Add the cabbage and simmer until just tender, about 3 minutes.
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Add the drained noodles and toss gently with tongs, letting them absorb the broth, until no liquid pools at the bottom, about 5 minutes.
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Season with the salt, finish with a squeeze of lime, and serve hot.
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Serve it with
A Filipino dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Pancit Bihon (Filipino Stir-Fried Rice Noodles), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Pancit Bihon (Filipino Stir-Fried Rice Noodles) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Arroz Caldo (Filipino Chicken Rice Porridge) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Arroz Caldo (Filipino Chicken Rice Porridge) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 21 g
- Carbs
- 68 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 1230 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Pancit Bihon (Filipino Stir-Fried Rice Noodles) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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