Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, pad thai. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to 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. Pad Thai is one of the world's most beloved noodle dishes. Along with Thai Green Curry and Red Curry, this is the dish by which every Thai restaurant is measured.
Pad Thai is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Pad Thai is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook pad thai using 23 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pad Thai:
- Prepare FOR THE SAUCE:
- Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp tamarind concentrate/paste
- Make ready 1/4 cup fish sauce
- Take 1/2 tsp Sambal Oelek (chili sauce)
- Get 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- Take 1/8 tsp fresh black pepper
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- Make ready FOR THE NOODLES
- Get 8 oz Thai rice noodles
- Make ready 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Take 1 tsp cornstarch
- Make ready 3 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- Make ready Vegetable oil, for stir-frying
- Prepare 4 clove garlic, minced
- Make ready 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- Get 2 cup fresh bean sprouts
- Get 1/4 cup chicken stock
- Get 1/2 cup sliced carrots, for garnish
- Get 1/2 cup shredded red cabbage, for garnish
- Prepare 1/4 cup cilantro leaves, for garnish
- Make ready 1/4 cup sliced scallions, for garnish
- Prepare 1/3 cup roughly chopped peanuts, for garnish
- Prepare Lime wedges, for garnish
Pad Thai is like a warm blanket. It's a comfort food of our age, with those chewy noodles, crunchy peanuts, the sweet and tangy sauce, and plenty of chives, bean sprouts, and chicken to make it a full. Pad Thai is stir-fried rice noodle dish ubiquitous with Thai cuisine in the United States, but it wasn't always popular in Thailand. With World War II nearing, the Thai government created the dish to.
Instructions to make Pad Thai:
- It's important to bring the sauce to a boil so that it will thicken enough as it cooks with the noodles. make sure you have all of your ingredients prepped and ready to go before you start cooking. This is a fast recipe that comes together in less than 10 minutes once the garlic hits the pan.
- Make the sauce: - - In a medium bowl, whisk together the tamarind concentrate with 1/2 cup warm water. Whisk in the remaining sauce ingredients. Set aside.
- Make the noodles:
- Fill a large pot with hot water. Add the rice noodles and cover the pot, allowing them to soak and soften for 8 to 10 minutes, or until they're barely al dente. (Alternately, cook the noodles according to the package instructions.) The noodles will be stir-fried so do not overcook them at this point.
- Drain the noodles and rinse them with cold water to prevent them from sticking together.
- Cut the chicken breasts into thin, 1-inch slices. Place the chicken in a medium bowl. Whisk together the cornstarch with the soy sauce then pour it over the chicken, stirring to coat.
- Heat a wok or large nonstick sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil then add the minced garlic and crushed red pepper flakes and cook, stirring continuously, for 30 seconds until the garlic is golden brown and fragrant. Add the chicken to the pan (including all liquids), and cook, stirring frequently until it is no longer pink. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of chicken stock at a time to the pan while the chicken is cooking to prevent it from drying out. (You may not use the entire 1/4 cup of chicken stock.)
- Add the noodles to the pan then pour in the prepared sauce. Bring the sauce to a boil, and using two flat spatulas, lift and turn the noodles to combine all of the ingredients. (Don't stir the noodles too vigorously or they'll break.) Continue cooking the noodles for 1 to 2 minutes until the sauce thickens slightly, then add the bean sprouts and cook for 1 more minute. The noodles are fully cooked when they are chewy and no longer crunchy.
- Transfer the noodles to serving dishes and garnish with the sliced carrots, shredded red cabbage, cilantro, scallions, peanuts and lime wedges
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. 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 probably one of the most popular Thai dishes abroad. This is a traditional Pad Thai recipe used by a friend's mother.
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