page_title: Rice vermicelli
section_title: Philippines
hierarchical_section_title: Rice vermicelli / Notable dishes / Southeast Asia / Philippines
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context_page_description: Rice vermicelli are a thin form of rice noodles. They are sometimes referred to as rice noodles or rice sticks, but they should not be confused with cellophane noodles, a different Asian type of vermicelli made from mung bean starch or rice starch rather than rice grains itself.
context_section_description: Pancit bihon (or pancit bihon guisado) is a general term for rice vermicelli dishes with a mixture of stir-fried shrimp, meat (usually pork or chicken) and various vegetables cooked in an adobo-style sauce with garlic, black pepper, soy sauce, patis (fish sauce), and other spices to taste. Usually topped with hard-boiled eggs and served with calamansi as a condiment. It is also a common filling for the empanadas of the Tausūg people known as pastil.
  Pancit choca (or pancit choca en su tinta) is a black seafood noodle dish made with squid ink and rice vermicelli from Cavite.
  Pancit palabok is a rice vermicelli dish with shrimp sauce, topped with shrimp, pork, crushed chicharon, tinapa (smoked fish) flakes, hard-boiled eggs, scallions, and toasted garlic. Served with calamansi.
  Pancit miki at bihon guisado is a combination of pancit bihon and pancit miki (egg noodles).
  Pancit canton at bihon guisado is a combination of pancit bihon and pancit canton (wheat noodles).
caption: Filipino pancit bihon served with calamansi
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