Ingredients

1 kilo ulo ng baboy or dila ng baboy, cut up
2 quartered onions
1 laurel leaf
1 tablespoon rock salt
1 tablespoon peppercorn
1/2 kilo shrimp
1/2 kilo squid (with ink sac removed)
1/2 cup achuete
1 cup minced onion
hebe or dried shrimps
1/2 kilo ground beef
3/4 cups cornstarch
2 eggs
1/3 cup patis
bihon
boiled eggs
sliced green onions
chicharon
flaked tinapa

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Bam-i is a noche buena dish that we ate as kids growing up in Cebu. It is a Visayan dish as I’ve never seen it serve here in Manila. I love the two kinds of noodles: vermicelli and the egg noodles. It’s sad that my kids don’t really like the combination of the noodles. I think the taste is so tasty and different from the usual pancit guisado. Timing is important so as not to overcook the egg noodles. Usually the vermicelli or sotanghon is cooked first before the egg noodles are added.

Here is my recipe:

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