As a Filipina (female for Filipino) who was born and raised in the Philippines I tried this recipe and it's pretty authentic to me. I beg to differ by the way Oyster Sauce is not an authentic recipe for Pancit.
i haven't tried this recipe since i have my own "family recipe" but i had to respond to MOM2SOFIA's comment. i'm a true filipino. make pancits all the time and family makes it all the time since i was a young child. we filipinos DO NOT use oyster sauce for pancit. it's usually soy sauce and/or patis (fish sauce).
Any noodle dish tastes better when you make the noodles with chicken broth as opposed to plain water. Fish sauce (patis) is the way to go if you want it to taste right. And maybe some lemon or calamansi right before you eat it.
This was YUMMY! My neighbor is Filipino and she cooks WONDERFUL! This taste like hers! I did marinate my pork in soy 3 hours before it was cooked. I also added garlic. My chicken was a rotissarie chick from our grocer. So I did change things a little but it was for easy more than anything! Hubby and 3 kids loved it!
One of the easiest recipes I have come across. Can be made for dinner that night. Or taken to a potluck. Always well received.
I actually make pancit all the time (my own recipe) and this one is pretty much identical to how i make it in regards to the veggies and soy sauce. I prefer mine with shrimp for the meat and not all that other stuff. I also disolve a little bit of beef bouillon in water and find it tastier that way(although thats not an authentic way of doing it) I find it lacks flavor with just the soy sauce. Sometimes I splash some fish sauce on it too. You have to play with it and make it to your liking. I do however like my fast food restraunt-bought pancit better than this recipe-or my own recipe for that matter. I dont know what else they put in it but it has tons of flavor.
I used boneless chicken thighs instead of the legs added garlic (isn't everything better with a little garlic?)and instead of carrots I used water chestnuts...I also used Bok Choy instead of regular cabbage.
I altered this a bit. My dad was military and I was born in Guam. I grew up eating Philipino food. Good base recipe. I used fresh chicken-boneless tenders pork chops and cut them up and salad shrimp. I bought everything already chopped and that cuts down on the time significantly. I use carrots celery onion and cabbage. I cook the veggies together with soy sauce and cook the meat with soy sauce olive oil and garlic. I soak the rice noodles in a mixture of hot chicken broth and water for about 10 minutes then mix all the things together.. Add more ssoy sauce needed and just keep mixing until everything is well blended. Love it!
I think I might be a bit more accustomed to the "Hawaiian version" of pancit wherein BBQ pork and oyster (rather than soy) sauce is used. But overall it's pretty good.
This did not have a good flavor at all and while I may try another pancit recipe I would not recommend this one to anyone. Sorry!
