Friday, June 19, 2015

Traditional Food: Pancit Bihon (QHMix Recipe)

Pancit Bihon is one of the traditional dishes that Filipino gatherings, occasions, celebrations, parties, events, etc. must be present on the feast tables. But with so many approaches and different ingredients used by the different cook themselves, I will present the QHMix way of cooking Pancit Bihon for the snack of about 100 persons.

Ingredients:
- 1/2 bale Pancit Bihon
- 2 kl Baguio (Green) Beans
- 1 kl Carrots
- 1/2 kl Celery
- 1 liter Soy Sauce
- 1 1/2 kl Pork (or Chicken Meat)
- 2 liters Chicken Soup (use Pinikpikan broth if you are also cooking Pinikpikan). Alternative: Pork Soup or any meat soup.
- Vegetable Oil

Materials:
- 1 large cooking ware (preferably "Silyasi") to contain Pancit Bihon
- 1 big container enough to contain the 1/2 bale of Pancit Bihon
- another 1 big container for all the fried vegetable and meat ingredients
- 1 small container for the chopped Celery
- 4 containers for each of the ingredients and the soup/broth
- 1 outside burner or cooking tripod to set the "Silyasi".
- 1 big ladle
- 1 knife
- 1 chopping board
Pinikpikan - Chicken Meat and Soup
Liters of pinikpikan broth can be taken out for the pancit bihon recipe and
then just add water again to the pinikpikan as replacement.
Silyasi: Cooking ware
Outside Burner or Kalan for cookingLPG  for cooking

Procedure:
1. Break each Pancit Bihon brick into quarters and soak with water inside the big container #1 to make them soft.

2. Chop the meat into 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 inch rough cuts. Fry them with vegetable oil, then toss them into the big container #2.

3. Peel carrots and julienne them. Fry and add into the big container #2.
Chopped carrots for pancit

4. Slice the Green Beans into 1-inch cuts. Fry them and put into the big container #2.

5. Mix all the ingredients inside the big container #2.
Cooked and mixed pancit ingredients

6. Cut crosswise the Celery from stems to the leaves with 1 cm slices and put them into a separate container.
Chopped celery for pancit

7. Prepare to cook: light the burner into medium only. Then place the "Silyasi" on it to be heated for few minutes. Then, pour the Chicken Soup (meat soup) into the "Silyasi" followed by the Soy Sauce.

8. Drain the container #1 and take out the Pancit Bihon, add them into the "Silyasi" and mix using the big ladle. Mix, mix and mix until you notice the coloration of the Pancit Bihon.

9. If you want to make the noddles look darker, you may add more Soy Sauce and then mix again. But adding more Soy Sauce may also increase the salty taste of the Pancit Bihon.

10. As the noodles were already cooked, pour into the "Silyasi" the mixed ingredients from the container #2.
Cooked pancit bihon

10. Then, just urn off the burner. Sprinkle the chopped Celery over the food, and once again, mix them all again until properly mixed.
Cooked pancit bihon ready to be served

Serve it to 100 persons during snack time with sandwiches and juice drinks.


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