Pansit Bam-i

Pansit Bam-i a basic stir fry dish using a mix of vegetables, noodles and meats of your choice.

Ingredients

• Diced chicken breast or pork
• Canton noodles
• Sotanghon or rice noodles
• Crushed garlic
• Sliced onion
• Red or green pepper or both
• Mushrooms
• Shredded cabbage
• Diced carrots
• 200ml vegetables or meat stock
• Spring onions (optional garnish)
• Soy sauce
• Fish sauce or salt and pepper to taste
• Olive oil

Quick and Easy Steps:

1. Soak rice noodles in cold water.
2. Fry meat for 10 -15 mins. then put on a plate and set aside. If you’re using pork, trim the fat, dice and fry first until brown before for a nice and crunchy taste.
3. In the same pan, Sauté garlic and onions. Add more oil if needed.
4. Add and fry carrots and peppers for 5 mins.
5. Add the mushrooms and cabbage and continue stirring for another 3-5 mins.
6. Put back the meat back in the pan and add the vegetable stock, soy sauce, fish sauce or salt and pepper to taste and let it simmer for further 5 mins.
7. Drained rice noodles and add to pan with canton noodles and simmer for 3-5 mins,  or until noodles are cooked but not soggy.
8. Remove from pan and garnish with spring onions.

Tips:

You can also add cooked chicken liver or cooked prawns, some add boiled eggs too depending on your preferences.

Tagged: cabbage, carrot, chicken, fish sauce, garlic, mushroom, noodles, onion, pepper, pork, soy sauce, spring onion