Vermicelli Sotanghon With Chicken And Wood Ear Mushrooms Recipes

VERMICELLI (SOTANGHON) WITH CHICKEN AND WOOD EAR MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat a wide heavy skillet. Add cooking oil. When oil starts to smoke, add annato seeds. Sauté until oil turns bright red. Remove annato seeds with a slotted spoon.
• Sauté garlic until golden brown. Add onions and cook until transparent. Add chicken, soy sauce and oyster sauce, season with salt and pepper and lightly brown. Add carrots and other vegetables if using stir-fry for 15 seconds. Remove and set aside.
• Pour in 1 cup of stock and bring to a soft boil. Add vermicelli noodles, pressing them into the liquid. Lower heat, cover skillet and simmer for 5 minutes. When dry, add another cup of broth. Stir chicken meat and carrot mixture and wood ear mushrooms into the noodles.
• Cover and simmer for another 5 minutes. Test noodles for doneness. Add more stock and simmer longer, if necessary. When sotanghon is tender and all the stock is absorbed, add green onion leaves and cilantro, adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Stir for a few minutes until the green onion leaves are slightly wilted.
• Serve hot.

CHICKEN SOTANGHON

Steps:

• Bring 2 cups of water with 1 teaspoon salt to a boil in a pot; cook the chicken in the boiling water until until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Reserving the liquid, remove the chicken and allow to cool before removing the meat from the bones and shredding with two forks. Discard the skin and bones.
• While the chicken cools place the shiitake mushrooms in a bowl and pour enough warm water over them to cover completely; allow to soak until pliable, about 30 minutes. Remove from the water, slice, and set aside. Place the bean thread noodles in the water and add more warm water if needed to cover; allow to soak until soft, about 10 minutes. Drain. Cut the noodles if desired.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the onion and garlic until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the achiote powder and continue to cook and stir until the mixture is well coated with the red-orange color. Stir the shredded chicken meat, sliced shiitake mushrooms, and fish sauce into the mixture; season with salt and pepper to taste. Allow the mixture to cook about 5 minutes before pouring the reserved liquid from cooking the chicken and the chicken broth into the mixture. Bring to a boil for 5 minutes. Add the noodles and cook another 5 minutes. Garnish with the green onion to serve.

PANCIT SOTANGHON

Steps:

• Soak mushrooms in a bowl of water.
• Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add garlic; cook until browned, about 2 minutes. Transfer garlic to a bowl. Saute onion and achiote powder until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add chicken, soy sauce, and fish sauce. Stir in bouillon cube until dissolved. Add 1 cup water; bring to a boil.
• Soak vermicelli in a bowl of hot water, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain. Cut noodles to a desired length.
• Drain mushrooms. Cut into 1-inch pieces.
• Toss cabbage, bok choy, and carrot into the boiling water in the pan. Add the vermicelli, mushrooms, pepper, and chili powder. Cook, mixing well, until pancit is slightly dried, about 5 minutes. Arrange pancit on a platter. Garnish with the browned garlic and sliced eggs.