Recipe

Pancit Molo (Filipino Wonton Soup)

Name: Pancit Molo (Filipino Wonton Soup)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 pound pork belly, cut into 3/4-inch cubes; 2 teaspoons Chinese cooking wine; 1 teaspoon oyster sauce; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; ½ teaspoon sesame oil; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 pinch ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; ½ tablespoon fried shallots (Optional); 3 cups water; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, or to taste; ¼ teaspoon dark soy sauce; ¼ pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 3 tablespoons water; 2 tablespoons frozen peas; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons minced garlic; 2 cups cooked jasmine rice, cooled, or more to taste; 1 teaspoon oyster sauce; 1 teaspoon light soy sauce; 3 drops sesame oil, or to taste

One of my childhood favorites from my hometown, Cebu City, in the Phillipines. When finished, you can steam this dish on a steamer for 10 minutes to mimic the effect of a steamed dish like what they do in dim sum restaurants. I personally think it tastes just fine without steaming.

Prep 10mCook 45mTotal 55mServes 4

Ingredients

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Instructions

1
Mix pork belly with cooking wine, oyster sauce, cornstarch, sesame oil, salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Marinate in the refrigerator, at least 20 minutes.
2
Heat vegetable oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Add garlic and shallots; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the pork pieces; fry until browned, about 6 minutes. Pour in water, light soy sauce, and dark soy sauce. Cover with a lid and bring stew to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook until pork becomes tender and water is reduced by half, about 30 minutes.
3
Cut shrimp into 3/4-inch pieces. Mix cornstarch and water together in a bowl.
4
Bring stew to a boil. Add the shrimp and peas; cook until shrimp changes color, about 2 minutes. Quickly stir in the cornstarch mixture. Cook and stir until gravy is thickened, 7 to 10 minutes.
5
Heat oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Saute garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute. Increase heat to high. Add rice; cook, breaking up the rice with a spatula, until loosened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add oyster sauce and soy sauce. Cook and stir until rice is fluffy and heated through, about 3 minutes. Add remaining sesame oil.
6
Divide fried rice between 3 or 4 bowls. Portion the pork and shrimp stew equally over the rice.

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