Pad Thai

Pad Thai is a Thai dish made out of stir fried rice noodles flavoured with fish sauce, tamarind juice, chilli peppers garnished with bean sprouts & shrimps

Pad Thai is a Thai dish made out of stir fried rice noodles flavoured with fish sauce, tamarind juice, chilli peppers garnished with bean sprouts, shrimps, chopped peanuts, eggs and lime juice. This dish is the national dish of Thailand and is listed at number 5 on CNN’s World’s 50 most delicious foods readers’ poll in 2011. Pad Thai in English means “fried Thai Style” which truly defines its cooking process where noodles, meat and vegetables are stir fried in common Thai spices and herbs like tamarind, chilli, coriander and fish sauce.

This dish already existed in the ancient Siam for centuries where a variant of the rice noodle brought over by Vietnamese traders was made into this lovely dish. Though it was existing for centuries it was just recently popularized when it was made the national dish of Thailand by the 1930s Prime Minister Luang Phibunsongkhram. This was in line with the Prime Ministers campaign for Thai nationalism as well as to reduce rice consumption due to the rice shortage available for export during that period.

A very uniquely flavoured dish where sweet, sour, spicy and savoury elements mix well and accentuated by hints of peanuts and seafood. A real good noodle dish specially paired with garlic soy chicken or spring rolls, I guess the CNN readers’ poll can attest to it.

Pad Thai

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• Author: Raymund
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Yield: 6 1x
• Category: Main Course
• Cuisine: Thai

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Description

Pad Thai is a Thai dish made out of stir fried rice noodles flavoured with fish sauce, tamarind juice, chilli peppers garnished with bean sprouts & shrimps

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Ingredients

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Pad Thai Sauce

• 2 tbsp tamarind paste
• 1/4 cup fish sauce
• 1/2 cup Chicken stock
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• ground white pepper

Pad Thai

• 400 g Pad Thai noodles
• 1 chicken breast, thinly sliced
• 1 large block tofu, sliced
• 3 cups bean sprouts
• 1 small bunch chives, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 3 eggs
• oil

Garnishes

• 1 cup coarsely chopped roasted peanuts
• coriander, chopped
• lime wedges
• chillies, sliced

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Instructions

1. In a large bowl pour enough boiling water to soak your rice noodles, soak them until it is just soft, around 5 minutes. Drain then rinse with cold water then set aside.
2. Combine all Pad Thai Sauce ingredients in a bowl, stir well until you achieve a smooth consistency.
3. Dissolve cornstarch in soy sauce in a separate bowl then add the chicken.
4. In a wok add oil then sauté garlic.
5. Add the chicken then stir fry in high heat until cooked.
6. Add the eggs, scramble it on the pan then cook for 1 minute, mashing it in the process.
7. Add the noodles, chives, Pad Thai sauce and prawns, gently toss while cooking for 3 minutes in high heat.
8. Add tofu and bean sprouts then cook for 1 more minute.
9. Place noodles in a serving plate, then garnish with chopped roasted peanuts, coriander, and lime wedges.

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