PANSIT MALABON - PHILIPPINES

Ingredients
1/4 cup ATCHUETE oil
1 tablespoon finely minced garlic
1 teaspoon salt
4 hard boiled eggs
1 cup diced tofu or bean curd
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup diced lean pork
1/2 pansit malabon noodles
1/2 cup squid, cut into rings
1 cup oysters
Sauce
2 tablesppons oil
1 cup pork cracklings
1 tablespoon finely minced garlic pounded to powder
1 cup finely minced onion
1/2 cup smoked fish, finely flaked
2 tablespoons cornstarch (or smoked oysters)
1 cup shrimp juice
1/2 cup finely minced scallions
1/2 cup tofu, mashed lemon slices
3 tablespoons patis or salt

Direction:
In a large skillet, heat oil and saute garlic until brown. Add bean curd, pork, oysters and squid. Set aside. In the same skillet, cook the sauce, using the leftover oil.
Heat the oil. Saute garlic and onion. Dissolve the cornstarch in the shrimp juice and add to the mixture. Add the bean curd and simmer over moderate heat until the mixture is thick. Season with patis and pepper. Turn off the heat and set aside.
Soak the noodles in hot water for aobut 5 minutes or until soft. Drain and transfer to a platter. Pour the sauce on top. Garnish with pork cracklings, smoked fish flakes and scallions. Serve hot with lemon slices and patis or salt.

You can also use knorr shrimp cubes to have delicious flavor.