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Chicken Pad Thai

Connie Veneracion
A popular and well-loved street food in Thailand, pad Thai is good for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Sweet, sour, salty and spicy, this chicken pad thai recipe does not rely on ready-made sauce. Instead, the sauce is made with essential ingredients to get the perfect balance of flavors.
Chicken Pad Thai
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Breakfast, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Thai
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

For the pad Thai sauce

  • 3 tablespoons palm sugar
  • 4 tablespoons tamarind concentrate
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon chili flakes

For the stir fried noodles

  • 125 grams dry rice noodles soaked in warm water for 30 minutes then drained well
  • 3 tablespoons cooking oil (this is stir frying so oil with a high smoking point is required)
  • 2 shallots peeled and roughly chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic chopped
  • ⅓ cup chopped pickled daikon (available in Asian groceries)
  • 1 bird's eye chili finely sliced
  • 150 grams firm tofu cut into half-inch cubes
  • 2 tablespoons dried shrimps chopped if large
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
  • 3 to 4 cups bean sprouts
  • 2 cups scallions
  • roasted peanuts roughly chopped (we used salted)

Instructions
 

  • Prepare all the ingredients before you start cooking. This is important.
    Tofu, pickled radish, onion, chilies, pad thai sauce and scallions
  • Make the sauce by mixing together all the ingredients with 3 to 4 tablespoons water until smooth. It should be thick but pourable.
  • Heat the cooking oil in a wok or frying pan.
  • Saute the chopped shallot, garlic, chili and pickled daikon until aromatic.
    Sauteeing ingredients for chicken pad thai
  • Toss in the tofu and dried shrimps. Cook, stirring, just until heated through.
  • Turn up the heat and add the drained rice noodles.
    Rice noodles and sauce for pad thai
  • Pour in the sauce.
  • Toss the noodles to distribute the sauce evenly.
  • Pour in a quarter cup of water (if you skip this, the noodles will be too chewy) and keep tossing the noodles until the liquid has been soaked up.
  • Push the noodles to the edges of the pan to make a well in the center.
  • Crack the eggs directly into the well.
    Adding eggs to pad thai
  • Stir the eggs in a circular motion to scramble lightly. When the eggs are partially set, slowly gather the noodles to incorporate the eggs.
    Tossing in scallions and bean sprouts for pad thai
  • Finally, add the scallions, bean sprouts and cooked chicken. Toss just until everything is heated through.
  • Serve the chicken pad Thai immediately with lime or lemon wedges on the side.
Keyword Noodles, Stir Fry
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