Pancit Guisado

-Originally submitted by Bonnie Aamodt

1 cup boiled meat, cut into small cubes
½ cup boiled shrimps, shelled & heads cut off
1 med. Size cabbage cut into small squares
1 chayote, cut into cubes and carrots
1 cup green beans, sliced diagonally
3 Tbs soy sauce
1 kilo bijon
2 Tbs oil

Saute onion, shrimps, and add garlic if desired. Brown meat into it. After 10 minutes add the green beans, wait until 5 minutes then add the chayote and cabbage, cover and simmer it for 5 or 10 minutes then add the soy sauce.
Wash the bijon or pancit, then try to cut it by means of squeezing it. Cook in 2 cups of boiling water, mix with vegetables. Then simmer for 10 minutes.

The above recipe is exactly copied from the Philippines Manila Misson Cookbook. As you can tell, you have to add your own interpretation (onion not on the ingredient list, etc.) Basically it is a pasta (nade from rice) dish with vegetables and meat. My family doesn’t like green beans so I don’t use them, where I was in the Philippines the meat of choice was pork. Add the vegetables and meat your family likes. For the bijon I used “rice sticks.”