Pad Thai - East Asian Recipe

Pad Thai

🌍 East Asian, Thailand Difficulty: ●●●○○

Pad Thai was promoted by Prime Minister Phibun as a nationalist dish in the 1940s to reduce rice consumption and promote noodles.

Ingredients

• 200g flat rice noodles (soaked)
• 200g shrimp or chicken
• 3 eggs
• 100g bean sprouts
• 4 scallions
• 50g firm tofu
• 3 tbsp tamarind paste
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• dried shrimp
• peanuts crushed
• lime

Method

1. Soaking — Soak noodles in cold water 30 min.
2. Step 2 — Stir-fry protein in hot wok with oil. Push to side, scramble eggs.
3. Adding — Add noodles, toss on high heat. Add sauce (tamarind, fish sauce, sugar, oyster sauce).
4. Adding — Add bean sprouts, dried shrimp, tofu, scallions. Toss 1 min.
5. Serving — Serve with peanuts, lime, chili flakes, sugar on side.

Tags: flat rice noodles, shrimp or chicken, eggs, bean sprouts, scallions · Source: Brittani's Almanac