Traditional Pad Thai Recipe
Pad Thai, a quintessential Thai dish, features rice noodles paired with ingredients like scrambled eggs, bean sprouts, tofu, and proteins such as beef, chicken, or shrimp.
Ingredients
- Pad Thai Noodles (Dry) – 4 oz
- Shallot (Finely diced) – 1 large pc.
- Garlic (Chopped) – 4 cloves
- Ginger (Chopped) – 1 tsp
- Eggs – 2
- Tofu/Chicken/Prawns – 6-8 oz
- Peanut/Coconut Oil – 3 tbsp
- Lime – 1
- Salt and Pepper – to taste
- Fish Sauce – 3 tbsp
- Brown Sugar – 3 tbsp
- Rice Vinegar – 3 tbsp
- Soy Sauce – 1 tsp
Instructions
Preparation
- In a shallow pot, boil water and cook the noodles for 7-8 minutes until tender but not too soft.
- Finely chop the garlic, ginger and shallot and then set aside.
- Whisk two eggs in a bowl and add a generous amount of salt (about three finger pinches). Set aside.
- To make the Pad Thai sauce, whisk together the rice vinegar, fish sauce, soy sauce and brown sugar.
For Chicken
- Slice the chicken into thin strips and season with salt
For Tofu
- Pat dries the tofu and then cut into ¾ inch cubes and season with salt and pepper. To add a little crisp, add a bit of cornstarch
For Shrimp
- Peel and clean the shrimp and then season it with salt and pepper
To cook
- In a wok, sear the chosen protein over medium-high heat until cooked. Set it aside on top of a paper towel.
- Using the same wok, heat up three tablespoons of peanut oil over medium heat then cook the chopped garlic, ginger, and shallot until golden.
- Scoot the garlic-ginger-shallot mixture on the sides of the wok to make a well then add the whisked eggs at the center. Scramble the egg just a little before incorporating it to the shallot mixture and make sure to break them into pieces.
- Fry the drained noodles together with the egg mixture for 3-4 minutes.
- Add the Pad Thai sauce and cook it for one minute. It will smell at first, but it will incorporate nicely.
- Add the chosen protein (chicken/tofu/shrimp) and incorporate it together until the noodles become soft but still chewy.
- Add in the roasted peanuts, bean sprouts, scallions and chili flakes. Squeeze in a little lime juice and a pinch of salt depending on preference.
- Garnish the Pad Thai however you want and serve hot!
Nutrition
Calories: 484kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 32gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 277mgSodium: 2711mgFiber: 4gSugar: 22g
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