Instant Pot Pancit Bam-I - Sauté Mode

Bam-I is very common in our area as Ilonggo / Visayas Region. All the karenderia, school cafeteria and some of the restaurants serve Bam-I. Bam-I is also common with every celebration such as birthdays, Christmas and other holidays.  We have a belief that noodles give you long life.

You can add chorizo bilbao on your Bam-I if you have it in your area.  You can also add shrimp if you like.

I prefer to use Sauté Mode with Bam-I because there's 2 different kinds of noodle use in this ingredients and it will not come out good and one of the noodles will become mushy if I cook it on High Pressure.

Instant Pot Pancit Bam-I - Sauté Mode
Author: Neliza Ly

Equipment:

• Instant Pot
• Weighing scale
• Measuring cup
• Measuring spoon

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
• 200 grams cooked pork belly, sliced
• 200 grams cooked chicken, shredded
• 8 oz. fish balls, precooked
• 8 oz. Vermicelli Beans thread noodle or sotanghon, soaked for 5 minutes then drain
• 4 oz. Pancit Canton (Flour stick noodle- made of wheat flour) 
• ½ regular size onion, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 chayote, peeled and sliced
• ½ cabbage, sliced
• 2 carrots, peeled and sliced or shaped into flowers
• 2 cups warm water
• 4 tbsp. maggi seasoning or regular soy sauce
• 2 tbsp. oyster sauce
• ¼ tsp. Black pepper

Instructions:

• Set your Instant Pot on sauté Mode. Sauté garlic and onion until brown and fragrant.
• Add meat and fish balls and sauté for 3 minutes.
• Add cabbage, chayote, carrots, water, maggi seasoning, black pepper and oyster sauce into the pot and mix well. Cover with glass lid for 5 minutes.
• Add bean thread noodle and pancit canton, mix and cover for with glass lid for 5 minutes.
• Open the lid, mix and enjoy.
• Garnish with scallion and add some lemon if you like.

Note:

• If you use maggi seasoning, make sure it is made in Europe. There's a lot of fake maggi seasoning that is made in China which make a person sick.