Pancit Canton

Saturday 28 Feb 2009

Pancit Canton or Lo Mein is a dish of Chinese origin that becomes one of the traditional Philippine noodle dish that is mostly made of egg noodles, vegetables, chicken, pork and shrimp.

Ingredients :

· 1/2 lb. shrimps
· 1 eggwhite
· 2 tbsp. cornstarch
· 2 chicken breast, deboned

· 3 tbsp. oil
· 3 cloves garlic, crushed
· 1 onion, chopped
· 2 pcs. chicken liver, cooked and sliced (optional)
· patis (fish sauce), salt, pepper and soy sauce, to taste
· 1-1/2 cups chicken broth
· 1 head cauliflower, cut into floweretes
· 1/4 cup snow peas
· 1/3 cup leeks
· 1 small carrot, cut into rounds
· 2 tbsp. cornstarch, dispersed in
· 1/4 cup water
· 1 package canton noodles

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Cooking Procedures :

1. Peel shrimps leaving the tails intact. Coat with a mixture of eggwhite and cornstarch. Slice chicken breast into strips and coat with cornstarch. Set aside.

2. In a wok (or large frying pan), heat oil and sauté garlic and onions. Add in chicken meat, liver and shrimps. Season to taste. Stir-fry for a few minutes.

3. Pour in broth and bring to a boil. Lower heat and let it simmer for 2 minutes. Add in all the vegetables. Cook until tender but still crisp. Thicken with dispersed cornstarch.

4. Stir in canton noodles and cook until tender.

5. Makes 4-6 servings.

Have You Tried This Other Pancit Recipe?

· Pancit Bihon Guisado Recipe
· Pancit Palabok Recipe
· Pancit Molo Recipe

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Food Recipe for the Soul

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all. And all ate and were filled. (Mark 6:41-42)

Dear Jesus, use all the ingredients in this recipe as nourishment for the body, working to strengthen and restore all who will partake of it. Amen.