Since my adolescent stage, I simply loved to cook,until now I still love and enjoy cooking whatever recipe and I even experiement. One of my favorite recipes is Bam-I which my mom taught me and this is so simple and very Filipino.
Bam-I is type of noodle dish that originated from Cebu. Bam-I might have the same ingredients with other noodle dishes like Pancit Canton, Pancit Bihon, and Sotanghon Guisado, but the combination of flour sticks and vermicelli noodles specifically LONGI makes this noodle dish unique.I suggest that you try this Bam-I recipe. You will definitely enjoy this dish. I will give you some tips on how to cook my home-made bam-i.
Ingredients
½ lb pork, sliced
½ lb chicken, boiled and shredded
4 pieces Chinese sausage, sliced
1 lb shrimp, shelled and heads removed
8 ounces flour sticks (pancit canton noodles)
4 to 6 ounces rice noodles (sotanghon) soaked in water
1½ to 2 cups chicken stock
3 cups cabbage, chopped
¾ cup carrots, julienned
½ cup dried wood ear, soaked in water and chopped (also known as tenga ng daga)
1 medium onion, diced
¼ cup parsley, cleaned and chopped
½ cup shrimp juice (derived by pounding the head of the shrimp)
½ cup soy sauce
1 piece chicken cube or bouillon
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 to 3 tablespoons cooking oil
Instructions
Heat a cooking pot then pour-in cooking oil.
Sauté garlic and onions then add the sliced pork and cook for 3 minutes.
Put-in the Chinese sausage and shredded chicken and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
Add soy sauce, shrimp juice, salt, ground black pepper, chicken bouillon, and chicken stock then let boil. Simmer for 5 to 8 minutes.
Put the shrimps, cabbage, carrots, and wood ears in then cook for 2 minutes.
Add the soaked noodles then stir. Cook for a minute.
Put-in the flour sticks then stir well. Cook for 3 minutes or until the liquid is gone.
Top with green onions and place calamansi on the side.
Serve hot. LET'S EAT!! kaon na ta Bai!