Palabok

Palabok Noodles / Sauce
1/2 kilo miki noodles
1/2 kilo small crabs
5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons of atchuete seeds or oil
2 tablespoons of patis (fish sauce)
4 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in water
1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
1 1/2 cups of water
Palabok Toppings
Tinapa flakes (smoked fish)
Cooked shrimps, shelled
Squid adobo, sliced into rings
Pork chicharon, grounded
Spring onions, chopped
Hard boiled eggs, shelled, sliced
Fried garlic, minced
Fresh calamansi (lemon), sliced
Pansit Palabok Cooking Instructions:
Extract fat and meat from clean crabs, set aside.
Pound crab and extract juice on 1 1/2 cups of water
On a pan, sauté garlic and onions until golden brown then add crab fat, crab meat, 1 1/2 cups of crab wash, patis and MSG. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add corn starch and continue to simmer while constantly stirring until thick.
Put miki noodles in a strainer and dip in boiling water for 5 minutes or until cooked.
Lay drained noodles on a platter and pour the palabok sauce. Garnish with toppings and serve

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Noodles:

1/2 kilo of white and round miki

Garnishings*

squid adobo (pusit)*

flaked fish meat (tinapa)*

pork sitsaron, coarsely pounded*

powdered pork sitsaron*

fried minced garlic*

cooked shrimps, shelled*

hard boiled eggs, sliced*

chopped spring onions Palabok*

1/2 kilo fresh small crabs* (possibly w/soft shell)*

1 large onion, chopped finely*

4 cloves garlic, minced*

3 tbsp cornstarch*

1 1/2 cups water*

3 tbsp atchuete seeds or* 2 tbsp atchuete oil*

2 tbsp patis*

Garnishings:

Boil 4 cups water, add a little salt. Put noodles in strainer and dip in boiling water for 5 minutes or till noodles is cooked. Drain. Transfer on plate. Top with garnishings. Pour palabok on top. Garnish with sliced cooked eggs and chopped spring onions.PalabokWash crabs, open up and extract fat top shell, squeeze out meat from body. Set fat and meat aside. Then pound crab and squeeze juice in 1 1/2 cups of water. Set aside juice till brown. Add onion. Add crabs fat meat, season with patis. Stir for 2 minutes and add crab juice. Season With patis. Let boil for 10 minutes , stirring constantly Then, add dissolved cornstarch, stir until it thickens.