Bangkok Style Chicken Pad Thai
photo by Starrynews
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 8 ounces rice noodles (Vietnamese bahn pho or Thai sen-mee)
- 1⁄4 cup salted peanuts, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon lime peel, grated
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 1⁄2 teaspoons rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon chili sauce
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1 lb chicken breast, cut into bite-sized strips (boneless, skinless)
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 cup fresh bean sprout
- 1⁄3 cup green onion, sliced
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
directions
- Place noodles in a large bowl. Add enough hot tap water to cover; let stand for 10 to 15 minutes or until pliable but not soft. Drain well in a colander.
- Meanwhile, for peanut topping, combine peanuts and lime peel; set aside.
- In a small bowl combine fish sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, rice vinegar, and chile sauce; stir until smooth. Set aside.
- In a 12-inch nonstick skillet heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken and garlic; cook and stir for 6 minutes until chicken is tender and no pink remains. Transfer to a bowl.
- Add egg to the hot skillet and cook for 30 seconds. Turn egg with spatula and cook for 30 to 60 seconds more, just until set. Remove and chop egg; set aside.
- In same skillet heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil over high heat for 30 seconds. Add drained noodles and sprouts; stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add fish sauce mixture and chicken; cook 1 to 2 minutes more until heated through.
- Divide noodle mixture among four plates. Sprinkle each serving with egg and peanut topping. Garnish with green onion and cilantro.
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Reviews
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DH and I made this dish for dinner last night. I found it to be easy to prepare using ingredients I had on hand. We followed all directions as posted. However, I felt the dish was a little dry and next time I would sugget doubling the sauce ingredients. Also, I felt the dish could use a little heat and therefore, I sprinkled red pepper flakes on the finished product. Made for ZWT4. Thanks!
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Made this for my husband who loves Chicken Pad Thai. He said it tastes just like the restaurant although extra spicy. I made twice the amount of sauce like everyone suggested-and that was a good tip. Next time I'll just put in a little less chili sauce. Also, all in the prep. The actual cooking party was pretty easy.
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Tweaks
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Very tasty! I had to use regular noodles, but the overall flavour was still great. I used a teaspoon of Sambal Oelek instead of 1 tbsp of chilli sauce and added some julienned mangetout just so that my kids could get some more vegetables on their plates. Thanks for a delicious and quick weekday meal!
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Awesome! My 12yo son helped with this and declared, "I'm making this again next week!" I used soy sauce instead of fish sauce and Aldi's red pepper sauce instead of chili sauce. Oh! And tofu. lol. That's a fairly major substitution. I'm sure it'd be great with chicken too, but I had tofu in the fridge and thought it would be good with this. We loved it! Thank you! Reviewed for ZWT4.