Pad Thai recipe
Here’s another Thai recipe my sister shared me. I tried it myself and I must say, it didn’t disappoint. I didn’t expect something so flavorful could be so easy to cook!
Ingredients:
1/2 chicken breast (cut into thin slices)
3 tbsp oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 egg, beaten
1/2 packet Thai noodles, soaked and drained
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/4 tsp chili powder
2 spring onions, sliced 1 inch long
250g fresh beansprouts
2 tbsp roasted peanuts, chopped
fresh coriander
4 tbsp water
Procedure:
In a wok or frying pan, heat 1 tbsp of oil. Add the beaten egg, cooking for less than a minute, then remove from the pan.
Add 2 tbsp oil and garlic and cook until brown. Add chicken, stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes then add tomato sauce, chili powder, oyster sauce, sugar, fish sauce, water, noodles and stir well.
Next, add the spring onions, peanuts and cooked egg. Stir to mix well. Finally, add the beansprouts. Once cooked, garnish with fresh coriander and serve.
Happy cooking!
I can never get my pad thai noodles just right. It’s always too mushy. I’m glad your turned out great. Any secret tips or tricks?
Thanks, Gaga! Mine was mushy too. It just wasn’t obvious in the photo. I think what ruined the noodles is that I mistakenly soaked them in close-to-boiling water. The packet said “hot” water only.
It’s probably a good idea to only soak the noodles until they’re firm rather than completely soft and then immerse them in cold or even icy water when you’re done too.
Thanks, Meg. I’ll try that out soon!
This is a bad recipe because you are supposed to soak the noodles in cold water until they are pliable not cook them in water with other ingredients. This is why your pad thai is mushy… Soak the noodles in cold water overnight, then when you’re ready to make pad thai rinse the noodles by pouring them onto a collander. Put oil onto the wok and let it heat up then throw in the noodles and the ingredients thereafter. Mix the ingredients completely before the noodles start to cook. Then allow the noodles to cook and each 30 seconds flip and spread, don’t keep mixing it because you don’t want the noodles to break a lot. Do not add water!! Taste a piece of noodles, if it is perfect to your liking then dish it, if not then put a lid over it, the steam will soften the noodles… happy pad thai cooking