Pad Thai with Shrimp
Main Dishes | Pan-Asian cuisine
⏳ Time
30 minutes
🥕 Ingredients
14
🍽️ Servings
4
Description
Pad Thai is usually served topped with crushed peanuts and a slice of lime on the plate.
Ingredients
- Tamarind Paste - 3 tablespoons
- Fish Oil - 3 tablespoons
- Palm Sugar - 1.8 oz
- Rice Noodles - 8.8 oz
- Garlic - 3 cloves
- Shallot - 1 piece
- Red Long Chili Peppers - ½ teaspoon
- Shrimp - 7.1 oz
- Peanut Sprouts - 1.1 oz
- Chicken Egg - 1 piece
- Lime - to taste
- Scallions - 1 bunch
- Peanut Sprouts - 1 tablespoon
- Vegetable Oil - 3 tablespoons
Step by Step guide
Step 1
Soak the noodles in hot water in advance and leave them there until they become elastic but still firm. This usually takes about 10–15 minutes. It's better to under-soak them a little than to over-soak. Do not pour boiling water over them, as this greatly increases the chances of ending up with mush instead of Pad Thai.
Step 2
For the sauce, crush the sugar into small pieces and dissolve it over low heat in a mixture of fish sauce and tamarind. Once the sugar is completely dissolved, remove the sauce from heat and set it aside.
Step 3
Place a wok or frying pan over medium heat and toast the crushed peanuts (without oil!) for a couple of minutes. Pour them out and set aside.
Step 4
Pour enough vegetable oil into the wok and sauté the chopped garlic and shallot for a couple of minutes.
Step 5
Add the shrimp and sauté until cooked. At this point, you can increase the heat. Remove the noodles from the water (it's best to soak them in a colander), shake off any excess water, and add the noodles to the wok.
Step 6
Pour in the sauce and mix well so that each noodle is coated with the sauce.
Step 7
Push the noodles to one side of the wok and crack the egg into the empty space. Stir to combine.
Step 8
Take out a noodle and taste it. It should be firm but not have a raw center. If the noodles are too soft, reduce the soaking time next time. If the noodles are still raw, add a little water to the wok.
Step 9
Add the red pepper, bean sprouts, and chopped green onion to the noodles, mix, and remove from heat.
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