Pad Thai
Pad Thai

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, pad thai. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Pad thai, or phad thai, is a stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a street food and at most restaurants in Thailand as part of the country's cuisine. It is typically made with rice noodles, chicken, beef or tofu, peanuts, a scrambled egg, and bean sprouts, among other vegetables. Pad Thai is one of the world's most beloved noodle dishes.

Pad Thai is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Pad Thai is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have pad thai using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pad Thai:
  1. Take 200-250 g Dry ‘Pad Thai’ Rice Noodles
  2. Prepare 2 Eggs
  3. Make ready Prawns, Squid, Chicken, Pork OR Firm Tofu 500g in total
  4. Take 1 Onion *OR Shallots 2 to 3
  5. Take 2 cloves Garlic *finely chopped
  6. Take 1 small piece Ginger *finely chopped
  7. Take 1 Red Chilli *OR 1/2 teaspoon Dry Chilli Flakes
  8. Make ready 1 cup Bean Sprouts
  9. Take 1/4 cupful Spring Onion / Garlic Chives
  10. Make ready Canola Oil for cooking
  11. Make ready Coriander Leaves for serving
  12. Prepare Chopped Toasted Peanuts
  13. Prepare Lime *cut into wedges
  14. Make ready <Sauce>
  15. Take 2 tablespoons Tamarind Paste *OR Lime/Lemon Juice, Rice Vinegar
  16. Prepare 2-3 tablespoons Brown Sugar
  17. Prepare 2 tablespoons Fish Sauce
  18. Make ready 1 tablespoon Soy Saucer *optional
  19. Prepare 1/4 cup Water

Lots of ingredients but SO worth it! Pad Thai - This Pad Thai recipe is how you actually find it in Bangkok and comes from testing hundreds of different variations from food carts all over the city. Pad Thai is stir-fried rice noodle dish ubiquitous with Thai cuisine in the United States, but it wasn't With World War II nearing, the Thai government created the dish to promote a sense of national unity. Pad Thai is believed to have originated in Thailand during World War II.

Steps to make Pad Thai:
  1. Combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl.
  2. Prepare the proteins and vegetables. They will be cooked with the noodles, so I recommend to thinly slice the meat, tofu, onions. Lightly whisk the eggs in a separate bowl.
  3. Now you can start to prepare the noodles. Place noodles in a large bowl, pour over plenty of boiling water and soak for 5 minutes, then drain and rinse under cold water, and drain again. *Note: Do not make them absolutely soft at this stage.
  4. Add 1 tablespoon Oil to the heated wok or a very large frying pan, cook Eggs like scrambled egg and transfer to a plate. Add a little more Oil, cook Chicken or Pork (or other meat), if you use any, and Onion (Shallots), Garlic, Ginger and Chilli, then add Prawns or Squid (or other seafood), if you use any, and stir-fry until almost cooked through.
  5. Bring back the scrambles egg to the wok. Then add Bean Sprouts, Tofu, if you use it, and the noodles, then the sauce.
  6. Toss gently for about 1 minute, then add Spring Onion or Garlic Chives. Toss to combine then remove from heat.
  7. Sprinkled with Peanuts, Coriander Leaves and extra Chilli only if you like them, and serve with Lime wedges.

It was born out of a combination of a rice shortage and Thailand's prime minister wanting to create a national dish. This is a traditional Pad Thai recipe used by a friend's mother. You can use chicken, pork, beef, tofu, or a combination. You may want to start with less pepper, and work your way up. If you love Thai food, especially authentic Pad Thai, you need this Pad Thai sauce recipe in your Did you know Pad Thai is one of the world's most popular foods?

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