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

Liters of pinikpikan broth can be taken out for the pancit bihon recipe and
then just add water again to the pinikpikan as replacement.

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.

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.

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

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.

10. Then, just urn off the burner. Sprinkle the chopped Celery over the food, and once again, mix them all again until properly mixed.

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

Organic Food: Vegetable Adobo Sauté - String Beans

Ingredients:

- 1 bundle of string beans
- 1 large size of onion
- soy sauce
- vegetable oil

Materials:

- frying pan
- knife
- chopping board
- small bowl
- big bowl
- serving plate

Procedure:

1. Cut string beans into about 3 inches long and put them into the bigger bowl.
2. Slice the onion lengthwise with about 3 mm thickness and place them in the smaller bowl.
3. Heat the vegetable oil in the frying pan, pour the sliced onion and the string beans.

4. Apply soy sauce according to your preference, I prefer just a little to make it have just a bit taste of salt.



5. Mix and cover, visit it in a short while to mix and check if cooked. If it became tender, mix and then put it into the serving plate.

It can be served with rice for meal.

Organic Food: Classic Dish - Camote (Sweet Potato) Tops and Tomatoes

Ingredients:

1 bundle of Camote tops
2 standard size Tomatoes, each cut into quarts
3 crushed cloves of Garlic
1 cup of water
Salt or 2 tablespoons of Fish Sauce (preferably)
1 teaspoon of Vegetable oil

Materials:

Bowl
Frying pan
Ladle

Procedure:

1. Separate the edible parts of the camote tops (shoots and young leaves) and discard the remaining parts.
2. Put oil on the frying pan and heat it.
3. Fry the crushed garlic, stir until it became brown in color.

4. Pour the cup of water, followed by the camote tops and tomatoes.
5. Cover. Camote tops can be easily cooked, so check it after few moments. When cooked, apply salt or fish sauce, mix then stop the heat.



6. Serve.

It can be eaten with rice during meal time. Pour some of the broth over the rice, and then enjoy a good country meal.

Organic Food: Vegetable Salad - Ampalaya & Pechay (Chinese Cabbage)

Ingredients:

1 bundle of Pechay
1 standard size Ampalaya
Salt or Fish Sauce or Honey
Seasoning (Optional)

Materials:

Bowl
Spoon for mixing
Knife
Chopping Board

Procedure:

1. Chop the ampalaya into small cubes.
2. Slice the Pechay into thin slices.
3. Mix the two ingredients in the bowl.



4. Apply either the salt or fish sauce or honey and mix well.



5. (Optional) add seasoning and mix.
6. Serve.

It can be eaten plain during meal or add with rice.

Food: Egg - Scrambled Eggs with Ampalaya

Ingredients:

2 Eggs
1 Ampalaya (Standard size)
vegetable Oil
Salt
Seasoning (Optional)

Materials:

Bowl (For whipping the eggs)
Fork
Frying flat laddle
Plate
Frying pan

Procedure:

1. Remove the seeds and white parts inside the ampalaya and slice thinly.
2. Put enough oil on the frying pan and heat, then fry the sliced ampalaya.



3. Whip the eggs, mix with it the salt and other seasoning.



4. When the ampalaya is fried, add the beaten eggs and continue mixing until the eggs become firm or cooked.
5. Put into the plate and serve, 1 serving.



It can be eaten with rice and coffee for breakfast.

Organic Food: Vegetable Sauté - String Beans with Ampalaya

Ingredients:

1 Bundle of string beans
1 Ampalaya (Standard size)
Vegetable oil
Salt
Seasoning (Optional)

Materials:

Serving plate
Frying pan
Frying flat ladle
Chopping board
Knife

Procedure:

1. Clean ampalaya and slice thinly.
2. Cut string beans with about 3 to 4 inches long.



3. Heat vegetable oil and fry ampalaya.
4. Add the string beans and stir/mix, cover.
5. For sometime, stir the vegetables and then cover it again until the string beans become tender.
6. When cooked, add the salt and other seasoning, stir for some seconds and turn off the heat.
7. Put the vegetables on the plate and serve.

It can be eaten with rice during meal time.

Organic Food: Vegetable Sauté - Camote (Sweet Potato) Tops

Ingredients:

1 Bundle of Camote Tops
1 Standard-size Tomato (Slice lenghtwise into six peices)
5 Cloves of Garlic (Thinly sliced lenghtwise)
Vegetable Oil
Fish Sauce or Salt

Materials:

- Bowl
- Frying Pan
- Stirring Ladle
- Knife
- Chopping Board

Procedure:

1. Separate the young edible leaves and shoots from the camote stems and wash.



2. Heat the vegetable oil, put into it the garlic and tomato, stir for 30 seconds.
3. There should be a little gravy from the tomato, pour a little water if there's none.
5. Place the tops on the mixture and cover.
6. When the tops started to get tender, mix thoroughly until finally cooked.
7. Serve.

It can be eaten with rice during meal time.