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Pad See Ew

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
This is a stir fried dish, the cooking temperrature is set to high throughout, so you need cooking oil with a high smoking point.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Soaking time for the rice noodles 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Thai
Servings 4 people
Pad see ew with chicken and bok choy

Ingredients
  

For the sauce

  • 3 tablespoons light soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons dark sloy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons palm sugar

To complete the dish

  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 4 chicken thigh fillets cut into thin strips
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 eggs
  • baby bok choy root ends cut off
  • 225 grams wide rice noodles soaked in warm water for 40 minutes then drained

Instructions
 

  • Mix together all the ingredients for the sauce. Set aside.
  • Heat one tablespoon cooking oil in a wok or frying pan.
  • When the oil starts to smoke, spread the chicken strips in the hot oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Allow the bottom to brown before stirring.
  • Add the garlic to the chicken and stir fry just until the chicken is cooked through.
    Stir frying meat and vegetables in a wok
  • Throw in the bok choy, sprinkle in a little salt and pepper, and stir fry just until the greens start to wilt.
  • Push the chicken and greens to the edges of the pan to create a well at the center.
  • Crack the eggs directly into the well. Stir until the eggs are set.
  • Scoop out the contents of the pan, transfer to a plate and keep hot.
    Adding seasoning to noodles in a wok
  • Heat the remaining cooking oil in the wok or frying pan and dump in the drained rice noodles. Stir to coat the noodles with oil.
  • Pour in the sauce. Stir and toss the noodles around to distribute the sauce evenly.
  • Slowly pour in a quarter cup of water around the perimeter of the noodles.
  • Cover the wok or pan and allow the noodles to fully cook.
    Stir frying pad see ew in a wok
  • Stir the noodles and make sure they have absorbed the water.
  • Add the stir fried chicken, greens and eggs and toss to distribute everything evenly.
Keyword Noodles, Stir Fry