Pad Thai
Pad Thai. It lacked true Pad Thai seasonings and accordingly taste. When I prepared the recipe the sauce appeared to be miniscule in comparison to the main ingredients (noodles chicken sprouts). This was a problem as Pad Thai noodles must soak up a lot of flavor in order to compensate for their lack of taste. Place on the serving platter and hold for. Key Ingredients for the Best Pad Thai: There are a few vital ingredients for making an excellent—not just good—pad thai: Tamarind: Mainstream Pad Thai in the U. Cook Pad Thai using 12 ingredients and 9 steps quickly.
Ingredients
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100 g of tamarind paste
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50 g of fish sauce
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50 g of palm sugar
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25 g of thai soy sauce
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50 g of water
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50 g of rice stick noodles
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1 of egg
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100 g of protein (chicken, tofu, shrimp, other seafood)
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50 g of fresh or thai pickled carrot
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75 g of Bean sprouts
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of Garlic chives
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of Crushed peanuts
Steps
- Sauce: Combine ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil, then simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Strain. Adjust sweetness, saltiness and texture with sugar, fish sauce and water. Makes sauce for 4-6 servings. Can be kept refrigerated at least a couple of weeks.
- Cut the chives to the same length as the bean sprouts.
- Heat a wok on high heat and add some peanut oil.
- Crack in the egg on one side of the pan, breaking the yolk.
- Add the protein on the side of the egg and stir fry while the egg cooks.
- Add the carrot and stir fry briefly, before breaking up the egg and stir frying everything in the pan together.
- Add the noodles, stir-fry briefly, then pour in the sauce and stir-fry until the sauce is evenly distributed and the noodles are cooked through adding some water if it becomes too dry.
- Add the bean sprouts, peanuts and chives and stir fry for a few moments.
- Serve with fresh coriander, crushed peanuts, chilli flakes, sugar, soy sauce and fish sauce on the side as condiments.
Pad Thai is one of the world's most beloved noodle dishes. Along with Thai Green Curry and Red Curry, this is the dish by which every Thai restaurant is measured. In fact, I was trying to find the "best" Thai restaurant in my area just last week and it brought me much amusement that Pad Thai was the baseline of a. Once sugar is melting, keep stirring until it darkens in colour (see video for colour). Immediately add water, fish sauce, and tamarind paste—sugar will harden immediately, this is okay.
