PANCIT CANTON ORIENTAL 500g

NOTES ON INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING PANCIT CANTON 

• pancit canton/dried egg noodles (find the Filipino variety labeled as such, if possible)
• pork belly or pork tenderloin (pork is the common meat used with pancit canton but you can use chicken or shrimp or a combo of each)
• soy sauce  (regular seasoning soy sauce)
• oyster sauce (you may use the mushroom version if you want to make this meatless)
• brown sugar (just a little to help enhance the flavor of the seasoning sauce)
• cooking oil
• shallots (traditional) or onion
• garlic
• chicken broth or chicken stock (water may also be used as replacement)
• carrots
• cabbage
• green beans (you may use other vegetables, too)
• salt and pepper (to taste)

A delicious and easy way to make the Philippines’ favorite noodle dish – Pancit Canton. Whether for dinner, snack or as party food, you can be sure this delicious Pancit Canton would always be a huge hit!

It comes in many varieties too and each family has their own secret seasoning ingredient to make their pancit the tastiest of all!

Here are some common varieties of Pancit, and if you are familiar with Filipino cuisine at all, you may have tasted one or some of them! This is not an exhaustive list as many regions in the Philippines have their own style of making pancit, too with varying names at that.

• PANCIT CANTON – Perhaps the most common noodle dish found in Filipino homes and restaurants. This dish uses egg noodles that are stir-fried usually with vegetables like carrots, green beans, shitake mushrooms and cabbage, together with slices of pork.
• PANCIT BIHON GUISADO – Similarly, cooked as Pancit Canton but uses a different type of noodles usually made with rice (so it’s great for those looking for a gluten-free option) or cornstarch (yes, you read that right!). The meat most commonly used with this pancit is chicken.