Pad Thai Made Easy!

I have already confessed my love for Thai Food before, so its no surprise that I suffered a huge food coma with Pad Thai last night..Salute to the genius who came up with an idea of semi-soft, slightly chewy flat, rice noodles...DELICIOUS.

Pad Thai...my new obsession next to Red Thai Curry.

and I could not be happier when I found the most amazing thing at the Asian Grocery Store - fresh Pad Thai Noodles. It was located along with other pre-made, cold noodles.

I have had different versions of Pad Thai at different restaurants and I really don't know what the traditional ones exactly entails besides- flat rice noodles, eggs, and medley of vegetables and meat (if desired) with salty-sour sauce topped with chopped peanuts.

Here is my interpretation of Pad Thai with Chicken..I eye balled all the ingredients so depending upon how many servings you need, adjust the ingredients & flavor.

Pad Thai with Chicken

Ingredients 

boneless chicken, fully cooked & cubed (may substitute tofu or shrimp)

pad Thai noodles, fresh, ready to cook or boiled/drained rice noodles

onions, chopped

garlic & ginger paste or minced

bean sprouts

green onions, chopped

snow peas 

green chilli, sliced

fish sauce

brown sugar

sesame oil or vegetable oil 

soy sauce, reduced sodium

broth (reduced sodium chicken or vegetable)

eggs

chili garlic paste

roasted peanuts, chopped

cilantro, chopped

lime wedges

salt  

Directions

For Make Ahead Pad Thai Sauce:

-Over medium heat in a small sauce, heat equal amounts of soy sauce, fish sauce, & broth. Then stir in brown sugar and chili garlic paste until they come to boil. Lower the heat and allow it to reduce for 3-4 minutes. Taste and adjust if needed.

For noodles:

-In a wok or pan, heat sesame oil and stir fry onions, garlic ginger for few minutes. 

-Add snow peas, green onions, green chillies and 1/4 sauce and mix them together.

-Stir in cooked chicken ( tofu or shrimp) for 2-3 minutes. Then add rice noodles along with more 1/4 sauce and cook for few minutes.

-Move the noodles to the side and crack eggs on the side. let the eggs cook and then mix everything with the remaining ingredients in the pan.

-If the noodle is dry, add more sauce. Otherwise, lower the heat and add bean sprouts, combine everything with the remaining sauce for additional few minutes.

-Remove from heat, garnish with chopped cilantro, peanut and lime wedges!

 

I was happy because the whole apartment smelled like Thai restaurant (just remember to shut all the doors & turn on the exhaust fan) Right before serving, chop some peanuts & fresh cilantro

 

and within half an hour, there is delicious pad Thai ready :)