Pancit Ramen Lucky Me! Style

My wife asked me what I was going to cook for brunch today. I looked in the cupboard and we had a box full of Maruchan ramen noodles. You know the kind thats sold cheap for a buck. We bought a big box from our local Sam's Club about a month ago.

In the fridge I had a half of head cabbage and carrots and lemons. So I thought about suprising my wife because I never made this for her. She loves "Lucky Me!" instant pancit packagages so I wanted to make it a more special version of this with what I had in the kitchen and fridge.

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

• 2 lbs of boneless pork, sliced thin into strips
• 8 packages of Maruchan ramen noodles
• 6 cloves of garlic, crushed and minced fine
• 1 half of a round onion, sliced in slivers
• half a head of round cabbage, chopped and shredded
• 3 carrots, peeled and julienned into strips
• 6 oz dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked and sliced
• 3 inches of green onion, sliced fine
• 1/2 lb char siu pork, sliced thin
• 2 lemons, halved and sqeezed
• 1-4 Tbsp patis to taste
• soy sauce to taste
• salt to taste
• cracked pepper to taste
• 1 bay leaf, ripped in half
• msg optional
• 4 Tbsp canola oil

Instructions

Boil a pot of water for the amount of the 8 ramen pakages. Add ramen noodles without soup base packets. Cook til aldente'. Do not overcook or noodles will be soft and mushy. Drain and run under cold water. Drain in collander. Set aside.

Heat oil in wok. Add garlic and brown. Add pork and bay leaf. Stir-fry and brown meat till a bit crispy. Add cracked pepper and salt. Add sliced round onions. Fry til translucent. Add mushrooms and carrots. Continue to stir-fry for a minute or so. Add chopped cabbage and stir-fry. Cook til cabbage gets soft and translucent.

Add ramen noodles to wok and add a bit of canola oil to lubricate the noodles. Add patis and soy sauce. Continue mixing ramen with veggies. Add lemon juice and drop lemon rinds into noodles. Season with more pepper. Add char siu pork and green onions. Mix well and toss ramen so flavors of garlic oil, patis, soy sauce, and lemon juice are incorporated.

Serves 6

I brought the plate to my wife and she was suprised it tasted like Lucky Me! pancit noodles that she used to make in the Phils. She goobled them up with a smile! :D The aroma and taste of the lemon juice with the garlicky oil and freshly cracked black pepper was so sarap!!

So ono!! :9