Pad Thai

This most popular Thai dish is excellent served hot or cold. Makes enough for six people.

Ingredients:
8 large garlic cloves - peeled and minced
3 large eggs - lightly beaten
1 large limes - cut into 6 wedges
1/3 c. roasted peanuts - chopped
1 bunch scallions - thinly sliced crosswise
1/3 c. golden brown sugars
1/3 c. peanut oil
1 lb. large shrimp - peeled and deveined
1/4 c. white vinegar
1/2 bunch freshly chopped cilantro leaves
3/4 lb. porks tenderloin - cut into 1-inch-long thin strips
2 c. bean sprouts
1 tsp. red pepper flakes
1/4 c. fish sauce
1 1/2 lbs. flat rice noodles

Steps:
1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and then remove from the heat. Add the noodles to the pot and let soak for 12 to 15 minutes until the noodles are soft.

2. Thoroughly mix together the vinegar, sugar, fish sauce and ketchup. Drain the noodles.

3. Place a large wok over medium-high heat. When the wok is hot, add the oil and heat for 15 seconds.

4. Add the garlic and stir constantly for a few seconds. Add the shrimp and pork and stir-fry for one minute.

5. Stir in the sauce and bring to a boil. Place the noodles in the wok and toss to coat well.

6. Cook until most of the sauce has been absorbed by the noodles. Make a hole in the center of the wok, add the eggs and let cook, without stirring, for 15 seconds.

7. After 15 seconds, stir-fry until the eggs are cooked and well distributed throughout the noodles. Add the red pepper flakes and scallions and stir-fry for another 2 minutes.

8. Remove the wok from the heat and stir in the peanuts and bean sprouts. Serve garnished with cilantro and lime wedges.

Tips:
Flat rice noodles are commonly found in Chinese or Asian markets, or in the Asian sections of some supermarkets.
  

 If you want a vegetarian pad thai, leave out the meat and add some cubes of tofu instead. You can fry the tofu until golden beforehand if you like. You might also add a few broccoli florets. (The fish sauce is still non-vegetarian; some vegetarians don't mind this, others do. You can substitute soy sauce, but it won't have the exact same flavor.)

Pad Thai (Thai Style Noodle Stir-Fry)

Pad Thai (Thai Style Noodle Stir-Fry)

Prepare:
14 big shrimps (peeled, de-veined and cooked)
2 handful thin noodle
3/4 cup cut yellow tofu
3 tbsp. good quality dried shrimp
1/4 cup salted radish (minced)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tsp. vinegar1 tbsp. water
1/4 cup a garlic-like vegetable of the genus Allium (cut 1 inch)
2 duck’s eggs
1 cup bean sprouts
1 tbsp. sliced red onion
1 tbsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. dried red chili powder
2 tbsp. roasted peanut (crushed)
1 tsp. sugar

Pad Thai Sauce:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 tbsp. minced red onion
3 tbsp. minced garlic
1/2 cup palm sugar
1/3 cup good quality fish sauce
1/2 cup concentrated tamarind juice

Cooking Instructions:
1. Heat the pan and add vegetable oil. When the pan is hot, add 3 tbsp. minced red onion and 3 tbsp. minced garlic. Fry until it turns gold. Gold pad Thai is good pad Thai. Be careful, it will be bitter if you put max heat and burn it.
2. Add palm sugar, fish sauce, concentrated tamarind juice. Boil until it gets thick.
3. Remove from the stove.

Next, we will cook the pad Thai noodles.
1. In a different pan, heat the pan and add vegetable oil. When the pan is hot, add red 1 tbsp. sliced onion and garlic. Fry until it has aromatic smell.
2. Add tofu, salted radish and dried shrimps.
3. Now, add noodle and water. Mix well then add vinegar.
4. Pour pad Thai sauce we prepare from before. Add as much as you like. Make sure you don’t add too much because the noodle will be too wet and overcook.
5. Then, make a quick stir. If you like bean sprouts and the genus Allium to be cooked, add it in this step.
6. Turn off the fire. Arrange the noodle on a plate. Put dried chili pepper, sugar, roasted peanut, fresh bean sprouts and the genus Allium on a side.

Oy!!!! I forgot to add shrimp!!

You can put them after any step above, because it was already cooked. I’ll put them like a pyramid on top of my Pad Thai. Another option for Pad Thai, make an omelet from duck’s eggs. Make it as thin and as big as possible. Put the noodle in the middle of the omelet. Fold four sides then put another plate on top. Turn it upside down. Decorate it with bean sprouts, the genus Allium or scallion, dried chili powder, sugar, peanut, and one piece of lemon.

We called this Pad Thai with omelet in Thai language, “Pad Thai Kai Ho”. Pad Thai is a classic Thai Food dish and one that we eat a lot - a couple times per month. Tourists, when they come to Thailand know “Pad Thai” from the Thai food restaurants in their home country. They always seem to know to order this dish!

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