A quick-cooking, one-pan, comforting Filipino dish, this pancit sotanghon from chef Lord Maynard Llera at Kuya Lord in Los Angeles—one of our Best New Restaurants of 2023—features a brothy base that tastes like it requires hours of simmering to build. Instead, it relies on a few powerful pantry items: soy sauce, fish sauce, and ultra-savory Maggi Savor liquid seasoning. At Kuya Lord, Llera uses vermicelli noodles in his pancit sotanghon rather than glass noodles, and offers diners the option to add a luxe topping to the already fully loaded dish: lechon kawali (twice-cooked pork belly), prawns, or both.
If you have a leftover cooked chicken breast from another recipe sitting in your refrigerator, these noodles make a great place to use it up. Alternatively, you can poach, roast, or pan-sear a piece especially for this dish—or shred part of a store-bought rotisserie chicken.
What you’ll need
Maggi Seasoning
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Large Pot
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4-Cup Measuring Cup
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Measuring Spoons
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Recipe information
Total Time
25 minutes
Yield
4–6 servings
Ingredients
2
1
1
2
4
2
2
2
2
¼
3–4
1
1½
1
Need to make a substitution?
Preparation
Step 1
Heat 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil over medium-high in a large pot. Cook 1 medium onion, thinly sliced, and 1 medium carrot, cut into 2"-long matchsticks, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 2 minutes. Add 2 celery stalks, thinly sliced, and 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; cook, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add 2 Tbsp. fish sauce, 2 Tbsp. Maggi seasoning sauce, 2 Tbsp. soy sauce, 2 tsp. sugar, ¼ tsp. freshly ground pepper, and 4 cups water. Bring to a boil; cook until reduced by about two thirds, 8–12 minutes.
Step 2
Add 3–4 oz. rice vermicelli noodles and cook, tossing often, until cooked through, 2–3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in 1 cooked boneless chicken breast, shredded, 1½ cups snow peas, strings removed, and 1 cup thinly sliced cabbage (any kind). Divide among bowls to serve.