Pad Thai

Name: Pad Thai
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 9 tbsp packed palm sugar, roughly chopped; 9 tbsp water; 4 tbsp tamarind paste; 6 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp dried shrimp; 115 g dried rice noodles, medium, soaked in room temp water for 1 hour then drain and cut into shorter pieces; 3 gloves garlic, minced; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 85 g firm tofu, cut into small bite-size pieces and pan-fried; Vegetable oil; Choice of shrimp or chicken breast for protein; Dried chili flakes; 2 cuts bean sprouts; 2 eggs, beaten; Spring onions, cut into 2-inch; 1/4 cut toasted peanuts, roughly chopped

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What’s not to love with this feast. Last night’s dinner brought us memories from our last travel before the global pandemic. This is the first of a 2-part post.

alfredsanpedro @theweekenddinnerlog

What’s not to love with this feast. Last night’s dinner brought us memories from our last travel before the global pandemic. This is the first of a 2-part post.

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Ingredients

Pad thai sauce
9 tbsppacked palm sugar, roughly chopped
9 tbspwater
4 tbsptamarind paste
6 tbspfish sauce
Pad thai
2 tbspdried shrimp
115 gdried rice noodles, medium, soaked in room temp water for 1 hour then drain and cut into shorter pieces
3gloves garlic, minced
1onion, roughly chopped
85 gfirm tofu, cut into small bite-size pieces and pan-fried
Vegetable oil
Choice of shrimp or chicken breast for protein
Dried chili flakes
2cuts bean sprouts
2eggs, beaten
Spring onions, cut into 2-inch
1/4cut toasted peanuts, roughly chopped

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Steps

1

To prepare the sauce, caramelize the palm sugar on a sauce pan over low heat but make sure not to push it too dark. Then add the water to stop the caramelization. It will immediately harden the sugar syrup but will eventually dissolve once the its heated up again. Add the rest of the ingredients then continue simmer until the sugar has been dissolved again. Set aside.
2

Sear your choice of protein over medium heat. If you are using shrimp, take it out of the pan after searing so as not to over cook it.
3

Add a little more oil and toss in the garlic, onion, dried shrimps, tofu and chili flakes. Saute for a couple of minutes until fragrant.
4

Increase the heat and toss in noodles and sauce. Keep tossing until sauce has been absorbed. You may add a little water if the noodles is undercooked.
5

Once noodles are cooked, push everything at one side of the pan. Put a little oil on the empty space and cooked the egg. Break the yoke then once slight cooked, toss in the noodles until all is well combined.
6

Add the bean sprout, spring onion, half of the peanuts and the seared shrimps (if using). Toss well then turn off the heat.
7

Serve warm with additional sidings of peanuts, chili flakes, bean sprouts, lime wedges (and some sugar according to taste).