(Photo Courtesy of Husband Man)
Being raised in a multicultural house growing up definitely had it’s benefits. Since my parent’s are both from the Pacific island of Guam, our family dinners growing up consisted of a mixture between Chamorro food (foods from the island) and American. Back then, I did not understand why my mother chose to make these dishes from time to time. However, now that I am older, I completely get it.
And to be honest, I consider myself very, very, very blessed that she taught us how to make the foods she grew up with. Ava (my 5 year old daughter) LOVES Chamorro food and we have already begun teaching her how to fill the Lumpia wrappers and roll them up 🙂 Some time in the future I will write up a post on how to make homemade Lumpia. For now, this post will focus on the popular noodle dish, Pancit.
The way you make Pancit is very similar to how you make fried rice. As a matter of fact, it basically is fried rice….you just replace the rice with the noodles instead. There are plenty of variations on how to make this dish, however, I am sharing the way WE make it. It’s so easy that it doesn’t even require a tutorial 🙂
Pancit
(serves 6-8)
Ingredients:
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 or 2 carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 green pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
Half a box of Vermicelli noodles
1 to 2 cups of ONE of the following chopped meats (Spam, ham, steak)
Soy sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper….all to taste
Directions:
1. Cook Vermicelli noodles according to packaged directions. Set aside when finished.
2. In a large skillet under medium heat, saute’ the chopped carrots, celery, pepper, and onion in olive oil until soft.
3. Add the cooked noodles and chopped meat.
4. Add in the seasonings to taste.
5. Stir until everything is well blended. Let it sit in skillet until ready to serve.
**Libby’s Notes: There are no measurements for the seasonings and soy sauce. You just have to keep adding a little here and there until it fits how you want it to taste.
Serve the noodles with this lovely homemade recipe for sweet and sour sauce from the blog: Homemade Sweet and Sour Sauce.**
Recipe Source: My mama 🙂
This looks delicious and would be a great way to use up the small bits of meat and veggies I always seem to end up with.
Yes Micha…it is a wonderful way to use up all those veggies and meat that you have. Perfect meal for left over 😉
Yum! Yum! Lick! Gobble! Gobble! I would LOOVE this dish – thanks for sharing.
You are welcome Marsha 😉
irresistable n so tempting..very well done
new to your space Libby..
awesome space you have
happy following you..:)
do stop by mine sometime
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Thank you for stopping by Jay! Welcome to the blog 😉 I'm off to check out your page 😉
Hafa Adai! Lived on Guam for two years. We were "adopted" by a local family. Love Chamorroan food and way of life.. We dearly miss the Cruz family that showed us what it means to be Chamorroan.
Hafa Adai to you too! I am glad to hear that you love the food and the lifestyle 😉