Instant Pot Pancit Canton
Yes, you can cook pancit in the instant pot! Making it in the pressure cooker is easy and the noodles come out perfectly tender. Whether for dinner, snack or as party food, you can be sure this delicious Pancit Canton would be a huge hit!
Ingredients
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1½ tsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 lb pork belly or pork tenderloin, sliced into small strips
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 3 pieces Chinese sausage (lap cheong) (optional), sliced (if using, make sure to submerge the sausages first in hot water for 5 minutes before slicing)
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
- 1 shallot (or onion), peeled and diced
- ¾ cup carrots, julienned
- ¾ cup green beans, sliced diagonally
- 1 cup cabbage, chopped
- 8 oz pancit canton (dried egg noodles)
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together the chicken broth, soy sauce, oyster sauce and sugar. Set aside.
- Choose the saute setting on your instant pot. Add a little oil (about 1 tablespoon) and heat it up. If using pork belly, which has some fat, no need to add any oil as it would render its own fat so simply heat up the instant pot in this case. Season with a little salt and pepper. Cook until the meat has turned nicely browned and released some fat (I cook until they are a bit crispy for more flavor). Add the Chinese sliced sausages and cook for another minute. Remove the meat with a slotted spoon. Set aside.
- In the remaining oil, add the garlic and shallot and saute briefly, just until aromatic. Press the “cancel” button to turn off sauté mode. Add the rest of the vegetables - carrots, green beans, cabbage. etc. Pour in the broth. Give everything a quick stir to deglaze the pan and scrape up any bits from the bottom of the pot. Return the meat to the instant pot.
- Place the noodles on top. Secure the lid and make sure the valve is pointing up to "sealing." Press "manual (high pressure)" setting on the instant pot and adust time to 5 minutes.
- When time is up, press "cancel" and do a quick release (turn valve to "venting"). Uncover and stir to ensure the noodles soak up any sauce remaining and that it mixes well with the rest of the ingredients.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
TIPS & TRICKS
You can choose the vegetables you want to use for the pancit. The usual ones are - carrots, cabbage, green beans, snow peas or snap peas, mushrooms and even baby corn. Choose between 2-3 vegetables.
If you're able, buy and use the Philippine pancit canton (labeled as such) which may be found at any Asian store.
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