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Lomi Recipe

BY :Bebs | Published: 05/24/ 2022 | Updated:06/29/ 2022 | 3 Comments

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Tasty and hearty egg-noodle dish with a rich and thick soup brimming with flavorful toppings. Pancit Lomi is a classic Filipino comfort food that is perfect for cold, gloomy, or rainy days. It will not only fill your belly but also warm you up from head to toe!

Pancit Lomi is a tasty and hearty egg-noodle soup topped with flavorful toppings.

  • What is Pancit Lomi?
  • Origin of Lomi
  • Difference between Lomi and Mami
  • Ingredients for Lomi Batangas
  • Tips in cooking Pancit Lomi
  • How to Serve and Store
  • More Tasty Noodle Soup Dishes
  • Recipe Video
  • Pancit Lomi Recipe

What is Pancit Lomi?

Pancit Lomi is a Filipino noodle soup made mainly with thick fresh egg noodles, meat, and vegetables in a thickened broth. Several regional variations exist using different meat and vegetable choices. The most popular one though is the Batangas Lomi.

The main difference, you will easily see, is the amount of the toppings they put on their lomi. Batangas Lomi is also normally meatier giving lesser attention to adding vegetables in their soup. This is my easy and simple version of Batangas Lomi recipe.

Pancit Lomi in a bowl with a thick rich broth and egg noddles topped with squid balls, pork liver, hard boiled eggs and pork cracklings.

Origin of Lomi

Pancit Lomi is known to have originated in Batangas, a coastal province south of Luzon, where the first lomi house or lomian was built. Just like some Philippine noodle dishes that we enjoy nowadays, such as Pancit Bihon and Pancit Canton, Lomi was also inspired by a Chinese dish. This dish is called Lor Mee, a Hokkien noodle dish swimming in a flavorful thick gravy with fish cakes, dumplings, and hard-boiled eggs as toppings.

With the ingenuity of the Filipinos, they made their version which includes pork meat and liver, vegetables, and eggs, with a rich broth thickened by cornstarch. It was such a delicious dish that variations of it popped out everywhere. The recipe was passed down from one household to another, region to another region until it became quite an ensemble of hearty toppings and seasonings that we now know.

A hot bowl of Pancit Lomi with various flavorful toppings.

Difference between Lomi and Mami

While these two are considered to be quintessential rainy day dishes, they are quite different from each other. Here are a few key differences:

Noodles - While both dishes use egg noodles, Mami uses thinner ones and Lomi uses thicker noodles. Lomi noodles are known for their signature chewy texture, which is a result of being soaked in lye water.

Meat - Mami is usually cooked with pork, beef, or chicken as the main ingredients. On the other hand, Lomi is made with combination of various toppings such as chicken or pork liver, kikiam, fish or squid balls, thin pork slices, or cracklings.

Broth Consistency - The broth of Mami is thin and clear, while Lomi's broth is thickened with cornstarch until it turns into almost a thick gravy.

Ingredients for Lomi Batangas

Ingredients in making Pancit Lomi.
  • Meat and Poultry- this recipe uses thinly sliced pork belly, squid balls or kikiam, pork liver, and eggs. Raw beaten eggs were used to thicken the broth further and hard-boiled eggs as toppings. Feel free to add your choice of toppings like chicken meat or gizzard, cracklings, and even shrimp.
  • Vegetables- aside from the aromatics like garlic and onion, I also used carrots, cabbage, and spring onions.
  • Noodles- of course, Lomi is not Lomi unless you use fresh thick egg noodles!
  • Seasonings- Salt, soy sauce and fish sauce were used to flavor this dish.
  • Liquids- I used pork broth as the base for the soup. Water is also used to boil the pork belly to render the fats and also for the cornstarch slurry.
  • Thickener- cornstarch was used to achieve the perfect broth consistency for this recipe! A good alternative is cassava or potato starch.

Tips in cooking Pancit Lomi

Steps on how to cook Pancit Lomi.
  • Once you add the cornstarch slurry, make sure to regularly stir to prevent lumps from forming. You also need to lower the heat and bring it down to a simmer to get a thick and glossy finish.
  • Add the beaten eggs slowly in a thin stream while stirring regularly.
  • The broth will thicken more as it cools, so do not leave it too long in the hot pot.
  • Once the broth has slightly thickened, turn off the heat as you might overcook the cornstarch which might result to thinning out the broth.
  • When cooking the liver, remove from heat once the edges turn brown. Do not overcook, or they will turn tough and chewy.

How to Serve and Store

Serve Pancit Lomi while steaming hot as a satisfying meal or even as midday snack. Serve with soy sauce with calamansi and chili on the side.

Allow Pancit Lomi to completely cool before storing. Transfer to a container with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate to up to 3 days.

To reheat, you may either pop it in a microwave or on a stovetop over low-medium heat. Add a bit of pork broth or water as needed.

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Pancit Lomi in a bowl with a thick rich broth and egg noddles topped with squid balls, pork liver, hard boiled eggs and pork cracklings.
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Pancit Lomi Recipe

5 from 1 vote
Tasty and hearty egg-noodle dish with a rich and thick soup brimming with flavorful toppings. Pancit Lomi is a classic Filipino comfort food that is perfect for those cold, gloomy, or rainy days. It will not only fill your belly but also warm you up from head to toe!
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Course :Snack, Soup
Servings =6
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Ingredients
 

  • 500 grams fresh large lomi noodles
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • pinch ground pepper
  • 250 grams pork belly cut into thin slices
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 teaspoon rock salt
  • 10 pieces squid balls/ kikiam cut into halves
  • 250 grams pork liver cut into ½-inch thick strips
  • 1 medium onion finely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 8 cups pork broth
  • 1 medium carrot peeled & julienned
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • ¼ cup water for cornstarch slurry
  • 1 small cabbage (2 cups) shredded
  • 2 pieces eggs raw
  • 3-4 pieces hard boiled eggs cut into halves
  • Spring onion chopped
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • 500 grams fresh large lomi noodles
    Soak lomi noodles in water for 5 minutes. Wash and drain twice.
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce, pinch ground pepper
    Marinate pork liver with 1 tablespoon soy sauce and a pinch or two of ground pepper.
  • 250 grams pork belly, 1 teaspoon rock salt, ½ cup water
    Place pork belly slices on an unheated deep pan or pot in a single layer. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and pour ½ cup water. Turn on the heat to medium and just let it simmer without stirring until water evaporates and renders fat. Once oil comes out, stir from time to time to even out the browning. Let it cook until golden and very crispy.
  • 10 pieces squid balls/ kikiam
    Take the pork crackling out from the oil and fry the squid balls or kikiam until cooked. Remove from oil and set aside.
  • 250 grams pork liver
    Just leave about 2 tablespoons of the oil in the pot and use it to stir-fry the liver over high-heat just until cooked through and edges are browned, about less than a minute. Do not overcook or it will become hard and chewy. Remove the liver from oil and set aside.
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 medium onion, 4 cloves garlic, 8 cups pork broth
    In a pot, use 2 tablespoons of the rendered fat to saute onion and garlic until limp and aromatic. Add 1 tablespoon soy sauce and stir. Then pour in 8 cups of pork broth and bring to a boil.
  • 1 medium carrot, 2 tablespoons fish sauce, pinch ground pepper
    Add carrots and the lomi noodles. Season with fish sauce and ground pepper then simmer for 3 minutes.
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 1 small cabbage, ¼ cup water
    In a small bowl, make the slurry by mixing the cornstarch and ¼ cup of water. Slowly pour into the soup while continuously stirring. Add the cabbage and mix. Once it has slightly thickened, lower the heat.
  • 2 pieces eggs, salt and pepper
    Beat the eggs in a small bowl. Gently pour this into the soup while stirring it around the pot. This will further thicken the soup. Season with salt and pepper as needed. Cook for a few more minutes but remember that it will continue to thicken once it cools down so do not cook it too thick.
  • 3-4 pieces hard boiled eggs, Spring onion
    Transfer to serving bowls and top with crackling pork, squid balls/kikiam, pork liver, hard boiled egg, and spring onions.
  • Serve with sauce made from soy sauce, calamansi, and chili on the side.

Nutrition

Calories: 678kcalCarbohydrates: 76gProtein: 30gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 235mgSodium: 2539mgPotassium: 755mgFiber: 6gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 10904IUVitamin C: 57mgCalcium: 113mgIron: 13mg
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  1. Edith says

    May 26, 2022 at 9:28 am

    Hi Bebs,

    Thanks for sharing your Lomi recipe. It is one of my favorites.
    I have a recipe request and have not been able to find a good recipe for pansit Langlang! My aunt, bless her soul, made the best Langlang and her version is similar to Lomi, but it is not Lomi it was Langlang. Do you have the recipe by any chance?

    Thank you so much,
    Edith Lopez-Salvador
    Mercer Island, WA

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    • Bebs says

      June 11, 2022 at 11:44 pm

      Hi Edith, I will look into it and make one as soon as I can.🙂

      Reply
  2. Ed says

    May 25, 2022 at 1:53 pm

    5 stars
    Delish...

    Reply

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