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Recipe tags: Chicken, Filipino, One dish meal, Potluck, Shrimp
Rice, pasta and breads

Palabok

Diet - CKD, Dialysis, Diabetes

Recipe created by DaVita patient, Bonifacia, and submitted by DaVita renal dietitian Jennifer H. from California.

Portions: 15

Serving size: 1 cup

Ingredients

  • one 12-ounce pack of rice sticks (Asian rice noodles)
  • 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
  • 1 cup onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon spring onion
  • 3 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 pound ground chicken or turkey
  • 2 cups tofu, cut into small cubes
  • 1-1/2 cups shrimp, boiled and peeled
  • 3 cups water
  • 2 packs of palabok mix (shrimp gravy mix)
  • 1/2 cup chicharon, crushed ((pork rinds)
  • 5 boiled eggs
  • 1 lemon

Preparation 

  1. Boil rice sticks until soft, set aside.
  2. In a wok, sauté garlic and onion with oil; add ground chicken, tofu and shrimp.
  3. Dissolve palabok mix in water and bring to a boil; stir until thick.
  4. Mix together rice sticks, meat and tofu mixture and palabok mix in a large bowl with 1/2-cup chicharon.
  5. Thinly slice eggs and lemons.
  6. To serve place palabok in serving dish and garnish with the egg and lemon slices on top.

Nutrients per serving

  • Calories: 305
  • Protein: 17 g
  • Carbohydrate: 39 g
  • Fat: 9 g
  • Cholesterol: 135 mg
  • Sodium: 536 mg
  • Potassium: 243 mg
  • Phosphorus: 180 mg
  • Calcium: 80 mg
  • Fiber: 0.7 g

Renal and Renal Diabetic Food Choices

  • 2 meat
  • 2- 1/2starch

Carbohydrate Choices

  •   2-1/2

Helpful Hints

  • Ingredient definitions:
    • Rice sticks are noodles made from rice flour. Look for this product in an Asian market or substitute vermicelli.
    • Palabok mix is a dried shrimp gravy mix. Reduce the amount of palabok mix to reduce the sodium content.
    • Chicharones are fried pork rinds.
  • All of the above items are high in sodium. Look for the lowest sodium brands. Due to the high sodium content of this recipe, limit portion to 1 cup and limit sodium intake from foods at other meals.
  • Reduce the amount of palabok mix to reduce the sodium content if desired
  • Use fewer eggs to reduce cholesterol and fat content.
Page last updated on: January 3, 2008
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