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Pad Thai Simple no-wok recipe, cooks in 3 minutes

Pad Thai Simple no-wok recipe, cooks in 3 minutes

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Pad Thai Simple no-wok recipe, cooks in 3 minutes Recipe, makes two big portions For the sauce: 1 tablespoon fish sauce (can use soy sauce instead) 2-3 tablespoons sugar 1/2-2 teaspoons tamarind concentrate (I used 2 and loved it, but Lauren thought it was way too acidic) 2 tablespoons ketchup 1 teaspoon soy sauce (very optional) It's possible to replace both the fish sauce and tamarind with 3-4 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce. Not the same, but pretty good. Everything else: 1 bunch green onions 1 thumb of ginger 3-4 garlic cloves 1 red chili (very optional) 4-8 oz (60-120g) mung bean sprouts (I like a lot of them) 4 oz (60g) Pad Thai noodles (narrow, flat rice noodles) 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast (shrimp or tofu work great too) 2 eggs a big handful of roasted peanuts (50g) picked cilantro leaves and lime wedges for garnish salt oil Mix up the sauce and let the sugar dissolve while you do everything else. Put a big pinch of salt in the eggs and beat them thoroughly let them sit and loosen while you do the rest. Coarsely chop the peanuts. Thinly slice the green onions, keeping the greens and whites separate. Peel and coarsely chop the garlic and ginger, and put them in the same bowl as your onion greens. Thinly slice the chili and put it in with the onions and ginger/garlic. Pick the cilantro leaves and cut the lime wedges. Cut the chicken into three sections and then into very thin slices against the grain. Separate into two piles. Get the bean sprouts open and ready, get your salt and a glass of water handy. Fill a nonstick pan with water (not the water you have in the glass) and bring it to a boil. Put in a pinch of salt and the noodles. Cook, stirring constantly, for half as long as the package suggests (I did 2-3 minutes. Dump them in a strainer and pour cold water over them to stop the cooking and keep them from sticking to each other. Leave them in the strainer for now. Wipe out the pan and return it to the high heat, and put in a thin film of oil. Season the first pile of chicken with salt. When the oil just starts to smoke, put in the chicken and quickly get it spread out to a thin layer. Let it brown without moving it for a minute. When the chicken pieces are opaque 2/3rds of the way up, put in half of your onion/ginger/garlic/chili mixture and stir it aggressively. Push it over to one side of the pan (it's ok that the chicken and veg aren't fully cooked yet, then pour half of the eggs into the other side and get them spread out to a thin layer. Let the egg partially solidify before breaking it up into sheets with your spoon. When egg seems almost cooked, dump in half the noodles, a third of the sauce (you can always add more sauce if you think it needs it, half the bean sprouts, a few chopped peanuts, and stir to combine. Finally, use a splash of water from the glass to help you get everything stirred up, deglaze the pan, and get the level of saucy texture you want. Put it on a plate, garnish with the cilantro, onion greens, lime wedges and more peanuts. Wipe out the pan and cook the second portion. (It's possible to cook both at once if you have a wok or a really big nonstick pan with a really powerful burner, but I think this comes out better if you do one at a time so it can get the necessary intense heat)
Date: 2021-04-29

Comments and reviews: 10


I use this method to get super juicy chicken breast pieces:
1. Put the tissue-dried pieces in a pan with some olive oil and medium high heat, don't stir.
2. When they're 2/3 through and have some nice color on them, stir for 10 seconds
3. Put them in a bowl and cover with aluminium foil.
4. Let them rest for at least 5 minutes. The cooking process will continue because the aluminium foil retains the heat.
5. Continue cooking the rest of your meal.
6. Add the chicken pieces to the prepared meal, just at the end.
7. They should still be warm enough, so stir and serve. Be aware that there's some leftover juices in the bowl.

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I'm thai and i watch this video. i feel confused because some ingredients don't have it a garlic its shallot, ginger we don't use it and green onion its chives. chives we cut a piece and don't put chives after chicken and put beansprout after sauce because it will wilt. You should n't put water in cooking process because its more wilt and veggie its not wilt it should bit cooked because its bit crunchy.
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I am by NO means an accomplished cook, but I have found that putting chicken breast, beef, pork, etc. in the freezer for half to three quarters of an hour makes it just stiff enough to aide in making really thin slices.
There! THAT and how to boil water are the extent of my culinary talents. well, my talents are expanding, thanks to Mr. Ragusea and his practical (and delish) recipes and techniques.

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Hi Adam,
There is a very soft but once noticed unignorable high pitch in your video. It fades in between 0: 52 and 0: 54, and fades out at around 3: 58.
I figured you might want to know.
Aside from that. As always love your style, and for once I feel like I could make the recipe myself. So looking forward to trying it sometime!

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This might sound weird but can you do a video of how to properly/scientifically clean after cooking/eating? How to wash dishes, basically. Should you soak? should you rinse/drain your sponge with cold water? When should you use an iron sponge? Do you have to use soap if there's only cookie crumbs on the plate? Etc.
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Hey Adam, I know this is asking a lot since you already do this so well, but could you offer substitute recommendations when you use peanuts in your recipes? It's such a common allergy, and unlike eggs, milk, or seafood, vegan recommendations don't really cut it.
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This is so different from our local thai place. She has a day once a year where she teaches people how to make her dishes. She uses oyster sauce instead of fish sauce for one and definitely no tomato products. She does use more sugar though.
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Good for an American version, probably better than most Thai restaurants in the US. nothing at all like Pad Thai here in Thailand. I imagine a lot of my Thai friends would say this is a very good version of Fried Noodles but not Pad Thai.
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You actualy dont need cook the noodles at all. Just give them to the cold water and let them sit there overnight. They will be very soft and when you add them into the pan they will be cooked very quickly. I do it like that every time.
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One thing that wasn't brought up. If you cut down the sugar make sure you cut down the acid. Sugar makes a dish seem less acidic. If you reduce the sugar without reducing the source(s) of acid the dish might seem too acidic.
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