Bihon Guisado: A Deliciously Easy Noodle Dish to Try in 2024

The Amber Restaurant offers a special dish of stir-fried noodles with a variety of vegetables, seasons, shrimp, and spices named Bihon Guisado, available at low prices and unique taste with Gluten options and customizing opportunity at Filipino restaurants proved as more than an adventuring meal for customers. This pancit dish, when cooked with meat, bihon, veggies, spices, and noodles, gives the best taste experience to your buds.

This dish complements the protein pork and meat, the rice noodles of pancit bihon, and an assortment of vegetables to make a delicious palate. Its name is related to the Chinese origin of the dish and it underlines the point that the dish has a long history.

The dish known today as Pancit bihon has a historical connection with the 16th century in the oldest known Chinatown and how it evolved throughout time. Indeed, it can be taken in its simplicity and savoured as one delicious dish, or it may be served in combination with other courses and considered a favorite of the lot. Moreover, it is easy to prepare for Saturday’s family dinner.

Flavors of Filipino Stir-Fry Noodles

Bihon Guisado is typically a mixing of two terms the first one is Bihon which stands for rice noodles, and the second one is Guisado which stands for stir-fried.  Bihon Guisado is a combination of rice stir-fried noodles with various ingredients. By a combination of two different terms, it is named Bihon Guisado, a top Filipino dish with a savoury and yummy taste served at every table in the Philippines with its rich flavor.

Filipinos try different ways and ingredients to cook Bihon Guisado, as meat is used in it. Hence, some Filipinos use chicken, and some are habitual in using pork with different kinds of vegetables to avail different and unique tastes. The Amber Restaurant allows you to avail this food at any time with your favorite customzing options of meat, vegetables, and spices. Filipino occasions are incomplete without these pancits as they symbolize pancits with a long life.

Miki Bihon Guisado and Bihon Guisado

Miki Bihon Guisado and Bihon Guisado are two different types of noodles. Some people think they are the same noodles, while Amber Restaurant serves them as other dishes. Miki Bihon is the combination of two different kinds of noodles like Miki (egg noodles) + Bihon (rice noodles) while Bihon Guisado is only one kind of noodle as rice noodles. The same thing is that both are cooked with meat and vegetables for a better experience. Bihon Guisado is the most savoury dish in the Philippine, with yummy pork and chicken flavors.

Try Bihon Guisado at Home

Preparing Pancit Bihon, or Bihon Guisado, as I would call it, only takes about an hour from preparation up to cooking. Start by preparing your preferred meat, and afterwards, cook the vegetables. Then pour the stock or broth; finally, the dried noodles are included in this cooking technique. After a short while stir the noodles well as they begin soaking up the liquid. Instead of stock, you can use chicken broth so that you do not need another pot for the noodles. It’s more than enough to make a meal, and Bihon Guisado doesn’t necessarily need to be served with rice and meat.

• Name of Dish: Bihon Guisado (Pancit)
• Cuisine: Filipino
• Enjoy Dish at: Lunch
• Preparation Time: 20 Minutes
• Cooking Time: 25 Minutes
• Total Time: 45 Minutes

Ingredients:

• Chicken Stock 3 cups
• 1/2 medium size wedge of cabbage (thinly sliced)
• 4 carrot (thinly sliced)
• Celery (ribs from 3 to 4 in number thinly cut)
• 1 small onion (minced)
• 2 heads of garlic (chopped)
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 8 ounces rice noodles
• 5 tbsp vegetable oil or may use olive oil

Protein Options (Choose One):

• 1 chicken breast
• 1/2 pound ground pork
• Half a pound raw shrimp, peeled and deveined

Cooking Instructions:

Prepare The Protein:

• Heat two tablespoons of the oil in a large pot on medium heat. Next, put the meat or ground pork; this all has to be cooked with the vegetables until they become tender and add seasoning of pepper and salt. As for the preparation time, using shrimp should decrease the time needed for cooking. Once the meat is cooked, the meat should be set aside.
• They can also use boiled and shredded chicken breast in the stock and later add the noodles. It can also be set aside to soften the noodles.

Sauté the Vegetables:

• In the same pot, fry about 1-2 tablespoons of oil. Now, put the onion, the celery, and the carrots in and stir-fry for up to 5 minutes on high heat. In the last 2 minutes, add chopped garlic.
• While cooking the vegetables with a pinch of salt, add your fish sauce, soy sauce, or any other substitute. After being cooked, add the vegetables to another dish and wait for the next step to be performed.

Prepare the Noodles:

• The next step is to pour the chicken stock into the same pot and give it a boil.
• After bringing it to boil, turn the heat low to let it continue to cook, including the dried rice noodles. After the stock has bloomed, you can agitate the noodles slightly to improve soaking.
• Ensure the stock covers the noodles; if it doesn’t, add more water.
• Simmer it for 6 to 8 minutes supporting the Noodles should have soaked up all the liquid.

Stir-fry the Pancit:

• After the noodles are tender, add the cooked vegetables and your protein of choice to the pot.
• Turn the heat to medium-high, stir, and mix everything with the noodles.
• It is easier to use two spatulas or turners when mixing this food to avoid breakage of the ingredients.
• You may add more soy sauce if you like your dish more salty than the others.
• 5 More minutes go on with constant tossing of the noodles until they and meat and vegetables are incorporated.
• Serve with lemon or lime slices and top with ground black pepper.

Nutritions

• Calories: 387 kcal
• Carbohydrates: 34 gm
• Protein: 23 gm
• Fat: 17 gm
  • Saturated Fat: 4 g
• Cholesterol: 130 g
• Sodium: 1329 g

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Conclusion

Bihon Guisado is a super and top-rated dish in the Philippines with rich tastes and savoury flavors. It may be used for the usual family meal or occasionally for the entertainment of friends. Bihon Guisado is pleasing to the last taste bud that Josephine Bach and my taste buds have experienced. You can invest in the presentation by serving it with several green vegetables to accompany your meal.