Stir-fried rice vermicelli with carrots snow peas and shredded chicken.
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Pancit | Popular Filipino Noodle Dish | Easy to Make
Pancit a noodle dish with vegetables seafood and/or meat is an everyday dish in the Philippines but is also often served on birthdays holidays and celebrations as noodles symbolize longevity. The word "pancit" which means noodles in Tagalog is derived from "pian e sit" in Hokkien a language that originated in southeastern China and roughly translates to "easy cooked food". Panciterias were probably the first restaurants in the Philippines where Chinese traders sold ready-made noodles to a clientele that consisted mainly of farm workers in need of a quick nutritious meal.
Pancit comes in many forms and the names of the dishes usually indicate the type of noodle used its place of origin other ingredients and/or the way it is eaten. For example pancit Malabon which features an assortment of seafood is named after a coastal city in Metropolitan Manila. Pancit palabok is served with a shrimp-infused annatto sauce and is generously topped with ground chicharon shrimp pork and sliced hard-boiled eggs. Pancit Molo a dumpling soup with wonton wrappers is named after the Molo neighborhood in Iloilo City which was home to a large community of Chinese settlers during the Spanish colonial period. And pancit habhab is served on a banana leaf that doubles as a kitchen utensil.
Pancit bihon made with bihon noodles (also known as rice vermicelli) is one of the most common pancit variations you will find in the archipelago. What makes this pancit so popular is the simplicity of its ingredients and cooking process: a combination of shredded chicken cabbage wood ear mushrooms snow peas shrimp pork and/or quail eggs mixed with rice vermicelli chicken broth and soy sauce.
