- Soak the rice noodles
- Make the salad dressing
- Prepare the salad (use half of the bean sprouts and scallions for the Pad Thai)
- Make the pad thai
Authentic Pad Thai
If you want to make authentic pad thai, go to an Asian market and buy all these ingredients, they can all be found in one store. Pad Thai is the most popular street food in Thailand and you should know how to make it the way they do! Follow these simple steps and you will be making it again and again!
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Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 8 shallots peeled and thinly sliced
- 10 cloves garlic peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 package Firm tofu 12 oz package
- 1/4 cup tamarind paste
- 1/4 cup fish sauce
- 1/4 cup palm sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons red chili flakes
- grams rice noodles 200
- 1 egg
- 1 package bean sprouts
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro chopped
- 3 scallions chopped
- 1/2 cup toasted peanuts lightly crushed
- 1 lime juiced
Directions:
- Soak the rice noodles in water overnight. (This step can be done at least 4 days in advance)
- Prepare a wok on high heat. Add the oil and get hot. Add the shallots, garlic and tofu and cook for 4 minutes, until slightly golden
- Add the fish sauce, chili flakes and tamarind paste. Mix well.
- Add the noodles and mix for 3-4 minutes until they are soft but not sticky.
- Move the noodles over and add the egg, let it almost cook through for about 1 minutes and then fold the noodles over it and mix it all together.
- Turn off the flame and add the bean sprouts, scallions and peanuts.
- Use lime and cilantro as garnish. Serve hot.
Notes & Tips:
Feel free to add chicken instead of tofu! Fish sauce has a very strong and not popular smell when being cooked, but the flavor is worth it!
Thai pineapple salad
Fish sauce and palm sugar can be found at any Asian market, they have such mouthwatering flavors that you don’t have to worry about not using them again and again!
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Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup fish sauce
- 4 limes juiced
- 2 cloves garlic peeled
- 1/8 cup palm sugar
- 1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 4 ounces butter lettuce optional
- 2 cucumbers sliced
- 3 scallions sliced
- 1 pineapple sliced
- 1 red bell pepper sliced
- 1 box bean sprouts
- 1/4 cup fresh mint chopped (optional)
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped (optional)
Directions:
- In a food processor, blend the fish sauce, limes, garlic, palm sugar and olive oil until smooth.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to a serving bowl and dress right before serve.
Notes & Tips:
Fish sauce has a very strong and not popular smell, but the flavor is worth it! You can make this dressing up to 3 days in advance.
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Leftover tips for tomorrow’s lunch:
I had no faith in the Pad Thai tasting good the next day, but it really does, at room temp or slightly reheated!
Use the leftover salad (without lettuce) as a garnish to your pad Thai and use fresh lime and cilantro to take it to a whole new level!
Use the leftover salad (without lettuce) as a garnish to your pad Thai and use fresh lime and cilantro to take it to a whole new level!
