The Noodle Chapter

Pancit Recipes

Recipes for every Filipino pancit variety — from the everyday to the once-a-year. Pick a noodle and start cooking.

See where each one comes from — the Regional Pancit Map →

Everyday · 45 min

Pancit Bihon 🌿 Healthy Option

Thin rice noodles with chicken, shrimp, and vegetables in a light broth.

Potluck · 45 min

Pancit Canton

Thick wheat noodles in a glossy soy-oyster sauce, built to feed a crowd.

Celebration · 1 hr

Pancit Palabok

Rice noodles under a rich shrimp-and-annatto sauce, piled with toppings.

Special occasion · 1 hr 10 min

Pancit Malabon

Palabok's coastal cousin, loaded with squid, mussels, and shrimp.

Cebuano classic · 50 min

Pancit Bisaya

Also known as Bam-I — canton and sotanghon noodles together with pork, chicken, and shrimp.

Rainy day · 50 min

Pancit Lomi

A thick Batangas-style noodle soup with pork, liver, and kikiam in a savory, cornstarch-thickened broth.

Lucban, Quezon · 45 min

Pancit Habhab 🌿 Healthy Option

Stir-fried miki noodles with pork and shrimp, served on a banana leaf and eaten by hand.

Tuguegarao · 1 hr 5 min

Pancit Batil Patong

Miki noodles topped with minced beef, pork, and a poached egg, served with egg-drop soup on the side.

Iloilo · 1 hr 10 min

Pancit Molo 🌿 Healthy Option

Pork-and-shrimp wonton dumplings and shredded chicken in a savory broth — the pancit without noodles.

Bicol · 50 min

Pancit Bato

Thick, traditionally sun-dried noodles with pork, shrimp, and vegetables from Bato, Camarines Sur.

Isabela · 1 hr

Pancit Cabagan

Saucy miki noodles topped with crispy lechon kawali, stewed liver, and quail eggs.

Iloilo · 1 hr 50 min

La Paz Batchoy

Miki noodles in a rich pork-bone broth topped with pork offal, crushed chicharon, and a raw egg.

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