Home-Based Food Business Idea: Recipe for Batangas Style Lomi

Batangas-style lomi is a well-loved Batangueño classic that is being served in various eateries and restaurants all over the country. This one-of-a-kind noodle dish stands out from other hot meals because of its delectable taste.

Although Batangas-style lomi is relatively easy to prepare, it is packed with meat ingredients like pork, kikiam, meatballs, ham, fish balls, and even pork liver to give it a flavorful taste.

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Here’s a simple recipe of Batangas-style lomi for your home-based food business.

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg miki noodles
  • 3 cloves crushed and minced garlic
  • 1 minced onion
  • 1/4 kg cooked and sliced Kikiam
  • 1/4 kg pork, sliced into thin strips
  • 6 to 8 pieces cooked meatballs
  • 3 tablespoons cassava flour diluted in 3 tablespoons water
  • 1/4 kg chopped ham
  • 1/4 kg sliced pork liver
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 6 cups pork or beef broth
  • 1 cup pounded pork cracklings or pork rinds
  • 1 piece beaten raw egg
  • 1 tablespoons chopped scallions or onion leeks
  • 2 to 3 pieces hard boiled eggs
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil

Procedure:

  1. Pour cooking oil over a heated cooking pot.
  2. Once the oil is hot enough, saute the onions and garlic.
  3. Add sliced pork and cook until its color turns medium brown.
  4. Put ham and liver and cook for about 2 minutes.
  5. Pour in soy sauce and fish sauce, then stir.
  6. Add the broth and allow it to boil.
  7. Simmer the pork for about 20 to 30 minutes or until it becomes tender.
  8. Add kikiam and cooked meatballs then simmer for 3 minutes.
  9. Put miki noodles and ground black pepper then cook for 5 to 6 minutes.
  10. To make the sauce thicken, add the cassava flour diluted in water then stir well.
  11. After turning off the heat, add in the beaten egg. Make sure to stir it constantly until the egg is well added in the mixture.
  12. Put it in a serving bowl then top with pounded pork cracklings or pork rinds. You may now add the whole hard-boiled egg and garnish with onion leeks.

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