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Pancit Bihon (Thin Rice Noodles with Vegetables)

Pancit Bihon (Thin Rice Noodles with Vegetables) is a traditional Philippines recipe for a classic soup of chicken and vegetables cooked in chicken stock served with thin rice noodles and finished with calamansi juice. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Philippines version of: Thin Rice Noodles with Vegetables (Pancit Bihon).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

40 minutes

Total Time:

60 minutes

Serves:

4–6

National:
Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : National Dish Chicken RecipesFowl RecipesVegetable RecipesPhilippines Recipes

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Ingredients:

240g pancit bihon (thin rice) noodles
1 whole chicken breast, cooked and shredded
500ml chicken stock
1/4 cabbage, cored and sliced into strips
1 onion, peeled and sliced
3 garlic cloves, crushed and minced
50g spring onions, cut into 2cm lengths
1 carrot, sliced into strips
2 tbsp cooking oil
110g celery, diced
3 tbsp soy sauce
salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
5 pieces of calamansi (calamondin) or 1 lemon, sliced

Method:

Soak the pancit bihon in warm water to soften for 10 minutes.

In the meantime, add the oil to a wok. When hot use to fry the garlic and onions for about 4 minutes, or until soft. Add the chicken stock, the shredded chicken breast and the remaining vegetables. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for about 8 minutes, or until tender.

Drain the pancit bihon noodles then stir into the contents of the wok. Add the soy sauce, return to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes, or until the noodles are soft.

Season to taste with salt and black pepper, turn into a bowl and serve with sliced calamansi on the side.

To serve, spoon into bowls, squeeze over the calamansi juice and eat.