Chicken Pad Thai – learnt this recipe from a cooking school in Thailand

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1. kapslock27 September 12, 2021

   This recipe is quite easy to make:

   Ingredients:

   1-2 Shallot finely chopped

   2 Chicken Breasts or Chicken Thighs – diced and cubed

   50g of glass rice noodles – soaked in cold water

   1/4 cup of raw bean sprouts

   1 green onion (chopped up into 1 inch pieces)

   1/4 cup chicken stock OR water

   2 tbsp vegetable oil

   1 beaten egg

   Sauce (mixed together):

   1 tbps hot water

   1 tbsp brown sugar (use 1tbsp of brown sugar if you don’t have 2tbsp of palm sugar, else use 2tbsp of palm sugar instead if you have access to that)

   1 tbsp oyster sauce

   3 tbsp tamarind sauce

   Pinch of Chilli Powder (or more – depends on to taste)

   Steps:

   1) In a wok, heat oil and shallots on medium heat. Fry for a few minutes until fragrant and Transluscent

   2) Add diced Chicken into walk, season with salt & pepper, then cook until the chicken is not raw – about 5-7 minutes

   3) Add your noodles and the 1/4 cup of chicken stock or 1/4 cup of water into the wok, then stir until noodles are tender

   4) Pour the sauce onto the noodles and stir fry until almost dry

   5) Stir fry all together with raw bean sprouts and 1/2 of the chopped green onion. Adjust taste using salt or soy sauce

   6) Push all ingredients to front of wok, add oil and beaten egg, stir frying to make a sheet on medium heat. (Sprinkle ground peanuts if you wish but I don’t like peanuts so I leave this out)

   7) Add remaining green onions on top as garnish then serve with lime wedge, soy sauce

   Enjoy!

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