Last Updated on January 18, 2020 by Ed Joven
How to cook La Paz Batchoy
La Paz Batchoy Recipe came from the town of La Paz in Iloilo province in the Philippines. Hence it is often referred to as La Paz Batchoy. When serving, this noodle dish, you must put it in a bowl with crunchy crushed Chicharon at the top.
La Paz batchoy was first made by the Chinese community, who lived in La Paz, Iloilo. Batchoy came from the word “Ba-Chui,” which means pieces of meat in Chinese. Eventually adopted by Filipinos, then it became a favorite noodle soup.
This delicious Filipino noodle dish contains egg noodles, and broth cooked slowly with beef, pork, and marrow mixed with bagoong or shrimp paste with fresh eggs and crushed Pork Chicharon or Pork cracklings on top.
This flavorful Batchoy Recipe is best served while it is steaming hot.
Ingredients and Cooking Procedure of Batchoy Soup: |
La Paz Batchoy Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 kilo mami noodles
Broth
- 1 medium size onion quartered
- ½ head garlic crushed
- ½ tsp. shrimp paste bagoong
- 1 tbsp. peppercorns crushed
- 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 10-12 c. beef/pork stock
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. soy sauce
- salt to taste
Toppings
- 250 g. pork
- 150 g. pork liver
- 150 g. shrimps
- 1 pc. chicken breast
Garnishing
- chicharon crushed
- chopped garlic fried
- chopped spring onion
Instructions
- In a large pot, pour in 10-12 c. of stock (from boiled beef and pork bones) and add all broth ingredients and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and blanch shrimp until cooked.
- Remove shrimp from the pot, remove shell and head each shrimp, set aside.
- Add in pork, chicken and liver in the pot, let simmer for 25 minutes or until pork, chicken and liver are tender add more stock if necessary.
- Remove pork, chicken and liver from the pot, drain and let cool.
- Continue simmering the broth in low heat until ready to serve, season with salt to taste.
- Slice the pork, chicken and liver into thin strips and set aside.
- Place noodles in serving bowl and pour strained boiling stock over the noodles. Top with pork, chicken, liver, shrimp.
- Garnish with chicharon, spring onion and fried garlic.
- Serve immediately.
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Nutrition
La Paz Batchoy Recipe is a delicious noodle soup garnished with Pork innards, crushed Pork cracklings, vegetables, and topped with cracked raw egg.
Filipino Soup Recipes with Noodles or Pancit:
- Pancit Lomi Recipe
- Chicken Mami Noodles Soup Recipe ( Pancit Mami )
- Pancit Batil Patung Recipe
- Chicken Sotanghon Soup Recipe
- Pancit Molo Recipe
Beverly M. Rubio says
splendid site, great recipe... thank you for sharing this. love to try it...
jebronx says
Not all batchoy taste the same .Not so many perfected the authentic taste of Lapaz Batchoy. Food stalls like Decos or Teds managed to attached their names to the delicious soup. And whoever perfected his recipe he was surely a rich man now. But mind you mister, not every batchoy served by every stall taste delicious. You may find it tasty from your favorite stall but salty or oily from their respective branch.
The reason of course is....ingredients. And of course the preparation.
Sorry to tell but only men can prepare delicious batchoy.If you want a tasty Lapaz Batchoy do not try from stalls prepared by women cook, no matter how Ilongga they are, it surely not the taste you want from it. That is not only from my own observation but as well from many batchoy critics around the town. And nobody got a clue why.
The recipe you shared was a good start. Just wondering where did & why did you included shrimp or shrimp paste to your ingredients? Are you sure guys you're not sharing your homemade pancit lomi recipe here?
Anyway here's the final tip; if you want a delicious batchoy at home, you need to add "Betsin" as your final ingredient.
Remember, there is no original lapaz batchoy. Just some people perfected what others have awfully started.
Pssst, caldo pa gani day!!!
marycris says
yes we definetly used shrimp paste as a flavor that is the secret ingriedients and also you do not need to use vetsin just use sugar makes batchoy tasty .
rosemarie says
simpre masarap un. yummy gd yah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Teresa says
Thanks for this different kind of batchoy. I am only using plain miswa and pork innards and meat when preparing, but this time, it has a complete ingredients. I would definitely try this recipe. Thanks...