PANCIT BIHON : PERFECT FOR ANY OCCASION

Hello to all the brilliant and skillful people in this community! How are you? I hope you are all fine. It's my first time posting in this community to share my humble skills in cooking. I mentioned in my Intro blog that cooking is my passion. But lately, I'm busy so, I did not find time to cook some of my favorite dishes for my family and friends. I hope that this Christmas my cooking skills will be practiced this time. But of course, I need to have a budget for the ingredients. In this blog, I will be sharing with you one common dish I prepared. This dish is a favorite of many Filipinos as a main dish or snack. I hope that this is your favorite too. Well, let's see.

It's a Christmas Party in my advisory class, so as an adviser, I plan to prepare Pancit Bihon because I already ordered chicken and lumpia. I wanted to cook fried chicken and lumpia too. But because of limited time, I decided to prepare or cook Pancit Bihon as an additional recipe for the party. I choose Pancit Bihon because it is easy to prepare and has a minimal cost.

Cooking is an art. Your creativity and innovativeness in food preparation are necessary to make your product more appealing and appetizing. Cooking techniques and the choice of ingredients to be used in food preparation affect the results of a dish or food you prepare. When plating and garnishing a dish you prepared, your knowledge of art principles must also apply.

So my dear friends, if you want to know how to cook this Pancit Bihon, here's how.

Before cooking perform Mise' en Place

1. Prepare all the tools, equipment, and ingredients needed.
2. Wash vegetables before slicing and paring.
3. Cut vegetables into desired shapes and slices.

Ingredients in Cooking Pancit Bihon

1. Bihon____________1.5 kilograms
2. Meat (pork)______500 grams
3. Carrots__________2 pcs.
4. Beans___________250 grams
5. Cabbage__________250 grams
6. Bell Pepper______3 pcs.
7. Onion____________2 heads
8. Garlic___________1 head
9. Leeks____________5 pcs.
10. Chicken Cubes___2 pcs.
11. Soy Sauce_______1 sachet
12. Black Pepper
13. Lemon for garnish

Bihon

Meat

Carrots

Cabbage

Beans

Bell Pepper

Onion

Garlic

Leeks

Cooking Oil

Seasonings

Procedures in Cooking

1. Saute garlic and onion.

2.Add meat. Cook until tender.

Note: The meat that I'm using is already cooked since the ground pork that I was supposed to use is already stink or spoiled because I forgot to place it in the refrigerator. For variations, you can use chicken meat, beef, or shell. You may add liver also if you want. The liver of pork or chicken will do. Dried Shrimp, dried squid, or fresh of it can also be used.

3.Add the vegetables. Do not overcook.

4.Add soy sauce and chicken cubes.

5.Add cabbage.Mix well.
6.Add water. Let it boil for 10 minutes.

7.Add Bihon.Mix well. Taste to check your desired taste and palatability.

8.Remove from fire.
9.Sprinkle with black pepper and leeks.
10.Good for 50 0r 60 persons.

I'm sure that my students will enjoy our Christmas Party. They will enjoy eating and drinking. The food we had was just simple but I am sure that their hunger and thirst will be satisfied.

That's all for today, I hope you will learn from this blog. Thank you and God bless everyone.