Pad Thai
Pad Thai

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, pad thai. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. 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. Poo's back FoodTubers and this time she's got a classic Pad Thai recipe to share with you. Fresh juicy prawns stir fired with tofu, crunchy veg and egg.

Pad Thai is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Pad Thai is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pad thai using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

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

Lots of ingredients but SO worth it! It starts with fresh ingredients including rice noodles, chicken, shrimp, tofu, cilantro, bean sprouts. Pad Thai is Thai stir-fried noodles with rice stick noodles, shrimp, chicken, fried tofu, eggs and Pad Thai sauce. The noodles are topped with crushed peanuts and served with fresh chives, lime wedges.

Instructions 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.

Pad Thai is believed to have originated in Thailand during World War II. It was born out of a combination of a rice shortage and Thailand's prime minister wanting to create a national dish. 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 - 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. This is a traditional Pad Thai recipe used by a friend's mother.

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