Pancit Bihon!

     The thing I realize about cooking is, it's hard to cook for two people after cooking for 15. The thought that you might end up with too little food always makes me think we need more than we end up really even wanting. And that means left-overs! We're bad about left overs. It always breaks my heart throwing food knowing that there are a lot of people all over the world who are starving. It's been a challenge for me for about 2 1/2 years now on how we can lessen the throwing but instead creating something from it. Having a husband that never really considers left-over food unless its from Frost-Doughnut (Yeah! left-over donuts! Nummy!) makes it hard. So as much as I can, I am trying to make it a point to cook different dishes using left-overs.

      So here is a great recipe from my left-over pan fried pork shoulder blade we had last night. You can also use fresh meat instead of left-overs with other ingredients such as chicken breast, pork, shrimp, and beef. For example in this recipe you could use 1 lb of freshly cooked meat instead.

Ingredients:

1 10.4 oz pack of Vermicelli noodles

Mise en place

1 large shallot (chopped)

3 cloves garlic (thinly sliced)

5 oz. Portuguese sausage (sliced)

1 red bell pepper (chopped)

1 large carrot (thinly sliced)

1/4 whole cabbage (cut in 1/4 inch strips)

1 cup sliced green beans

1 1/2 cups left-over meat

2 cups water

3 Tbsp Soy sauce

3 Tbsp Olive oil

Scallions for garnish (optional)

Key lime (optional)

Salt and Pepper to taste!

Procedure:

Soak Vermicelli noddles in a cold water for 20 minutes. (You can do this procedure while preparing your Mise en place) .

1. In a big fry pan heat olive oil over high heat and sauté shallots once oil  is hot enough, for about 2 minutes.
2. When the shallots are translucent, add in garlic and sauté for another 2 minutes.
3. Add left-over meat and Portuguese sausage, mixing in for 5 minutes. (When using raw meat, brown the meat before adding the sausage).
4. Mix bell pepper, carrots, green beans and soy sauce over meat mixture for 5 minutes.
5. Pour water in and let simmer for 10 minutes with the lid on, lowering the heat to medium high.
6. Once the water boils, add cabbage and simmer for another 3 minutes.
7. Mix in Vermicelli noodles, making sure to incorporate with the other ingredients, turn heat off! Garnish with scallions and a freshly squeeze key lime to your liking!
8. Enjoy!

-Love-