Pad Thai

Description

This is a traditional Pad Thai recipe used by a friend’s mother. You can use chicken, pork, beef, tofu, or a combination. You may want to start with less pepper, and work your way up.

Ingredients

  • 1 (12 ounce) package rice noodles
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 3 tablespoons white sugar
  • ⅛ tablespoon crushed red pepper
  • 2 cups bean sprouts
  • ¼ cup crushed peanuts
  • 3 green onions, chopped
  • 1 lemon, cut into wedges

Instructions

  1. Soak rice noodles in cold water until soft
  2. 30 to 50 minutes. Drain and set aside.
  3. Meanwhile
  4. heat butter in a wok; add chicken and sauté until browned. Remove chicken and set aside.
  5. Heat oil in the wok over medium-high heat. Crack eggs into hot oil and cook until firm. Stir in chicken and cook for 5 minutes. Add softened noodles
  6. sugar
  7. fish sauce
  8. vinegar
  9. and red pepper; mix well until noodles are tender. Adjust seasonings to taste. Stir in bean sprouts and cook for 3 minutes.
  10. Serve topped with green onions
  11. crushed peanuts
  12. and a wedge of lemon.

Prep Time: 40 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 6

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