Pad Thai

An exotic dish with a sweet and sour taste that is very easy to prepare at home. Buy suitable products – and go ahead, surprise your family and friends with a delicious Thai dish.

Summary

Ingredients

• Rice noodles – 350 Grams
• Chicken breast – 300 Grams
• Egg – 2 Pieces
• Shrimps – 5-6 Pieces
• Garlic – 2 Cloves
• Soy sauce – 4 Tbsp. spoons (2 tablespoons for the sauce)
• Fresh chili peppers – 1-2 Pieces
• Vegetable oil – 2 Tbsp. spoons
• Young green onions – 6 pieces
• Brown sugar – 4 Tbsp spoons
• Tamarind paste – 2-3 tbsp (can be replaced with 6 tablespoons of lime juice)
• Fish sauce – 6 Tbsp. spoons
• Soy sprouts or mung bean – 100 Grams
• Lime – 1 Piece
• Unsalted Roasted Peanuts – 0.5 Cup
• Cilantro – 1 Bunch
• Ginger – 1 Piece (3-4 cm.)

Instructions

1. Wash the chicken fillet and cut into small strips. Peel the shrimps and, if they are large, cut into small pieces.
2. Send fillet and shrimp pieces to a bowl, pour 2 tbsp of soy sauce. Let’s leave for a while, let it soak.

   

3. Rice noodles should be soaked in warm water for 5-6 minutes, and then discarded in a colander.
4. Cooking the sauce: mix brown sugar, tamarind paste, 2 tbsp of soy sauce, fish sauce. Mix well until smooth.
5. Let’s prepare some more eggs, which we need to beat a little and fry, like an omelet. Then we will cut it into small strips.
6. Add garlic, ginger, pepper and green onion to a large hot skillet with vegetable oil. Fry over high heat for about a minute, stirring constantly.
7. Then we send the chicken and shrimps to the pan, fry for 3 minutes, and then add the omelet.
8. Now it is the turn of the noodles and sauce to go to the pan. We will add the sauce a little. Stir until all the sauce is absorbed into the noodles.

   

9. Then add chopped cilantro, onion feathers and soy sprouts. Stir, cover with a lid, remove from heat and leave for 5 minutes.
10. Serve Pad Thai with peanuts and lime wedges.

Bon Appetit!