Pancit Molo

If you crave for a heart-warming soup and an enticing pancit dish in a sunny day, then Recipe TV introduces to you a simple but unique Filipino recipe that can bright up your day, the Pancit Molo.

The Pancit Molo is unique and distinct dish made famous in a town called Molo in Iloilo City. Unlike the usual pancit dish that is dry, with noodles, vegetables and meat that Filipinos are used; the Pancit Molo does not have noodles in it instead it is made up of the Molo dropped into a hot broth

The Molo or also known as the noodles of the dish is made up of ground pork and shrimp mixed together with vegetables such as garlic, onions, carrots or parsley. The mixture is then bound with eggs and seasoned with salt and pepper before being wrapped in wheat of rice or also known as a molo wrapper.

The broth often uses chicken as its base, but in some cases they also put pork meat and ribs to make it more savory. It is also cooked with cut open or sliced wanton or molo wrappers. Often served with a garnish of fried garlic chip and sliced chives.

In Most cases the Pancit Molo is known to be a wonderful merienda dish accompanied with toasted bread, but it can also be a starter soup for regular meals and one of the best soup dished served in fiestas in Iloilo.

Ingredients:

½ g chicken

½ g shrimp

400 g of ground lean pork
1 onion, finely chopped
1 carrot, grated
1/8 c. of finely chopped onion leaves
1/4 tsp. of finely grated ginger
1/2 tsp. of soy sauce
1 tsp. of salt
1/2 tsp. of pepper
1 egg, beaten
6-8 c. of meat or chicken broth
1 tbsp. of cooking oil
1 tbsp. of minced garlic
1 onion, sliced
chopped onion leaves for garnishing
salt and pepper to taste
50-60 pcs. of wonton (siomai) wrapper (sizes vary)

Procedure:

1. Sauté garlic, onions, shredded chicken or pork and shrimp in cooking oil.

2. Put water until it becomes broth and the shrimp, pork and chicken are already cooked.

3. Let it boil for 20-30 minutes under moderate fire.

4. Mix the ingredients well.

5. Put seasoning and salt (to taste)

6. Put the wrapped Pancit Molo balls and cover the casserole and let it simmer for 10 to 15minutes until the Pancit Molo balls are tender and cooked.

7. Put black pepper and onion leaves for garnish.