Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, authentic pad thai. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Inspired by the pad thai at Thai Tom, this recipe features a tamarind paste, vinegar, sugar, and fish sauce mixture over perfectly stir-fried eggs, chicken breast, and rice noodles, garnished with peanuts, chives, and fresh bean sprouts. To make authentic Pad Thai, you have to understand what this dish essentially is. Pad Thai is a noodle stir-fry.

Authentic Pad Thai is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Authentic Pad Thai is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook authentic pad thai using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Authentic Pad Thai:

1. Make ready Sauce:
2. Get 6 Tbsp light brown sugar,
3. Prepare 6 Tbsp tamarind paste or rice vinegar,
4. Make ready 4 Tbsp fish sauce or Thai Taste - Vegan 'Fish' Sauce
5. Take 2 Tsp dark soy sauce
6. Prepare Pad Thai:
7. Prepare Instant rice noodles (Mama brand)
8. Get 400 g king prawns / sliced mushrooms,
9. Get 2 tsp Thai red chilli flakes or normal chilli flakes (use less for mild),
10. Make ready 2 spring onions roughly chopped,
11. Get 1 English shallot, sliced,
12. Prepare 2 eggs whisked (you can omit this to make it vegan),
13. Prepare 1 Tbsp oil (we recommend peanut oil),
14. Take Handful beansprouts,
15. Make ready 2-3 garlic cloves, crushed,
16. Prepare Tofu:
17. Make ready 4-6 tbsp crushed peanuts,
18. Get 1 block tofu drained, pressed and cut into 1 inch cubes,
19. Take 1 lime, juiced
20. Get Freshly cracked black pepper,
21. Take 1/3 cup cornflour
22. Get Garnish Examples: Handful of chopped coriander,1 spring onion chopped, lime wedges

What is Pad Thai Sauce Made of? There are two types of Pad Thai sauce: tamarind based and vinegar based. The sauce is the soul of the dish and you should make it from scratch. The sweet, savory, spicy and sour sauce is added to the noodles for the iconic taste.

Steps to make Authentic Pad Thai:

1. Soak noodles in boiling water for 10 minutes until soft, drain the water.
2. Make pad thai sauce by placing ingredients in a small saucpan over a low/medium heat. Once the sauce thickens, add 1 tbsp of water, mix and set aside.
3. In a seperate bowl, add the cornflour and black pepper and mix, add the tofu until pieces are coated.
4. In a wok on a medium heat, add 1 Tbsp oil, garlic, chilli flakes and prawns (or mushrooms), spring onions, shallot and tofu. Cook for 4 minutes or until tofu is slightly browned on all sides. Set aside on a seperate plate.
5. Add 1 Tbsp oil in the wok, add whisked eggs and mix until cooked/resembles scrambled eggs (if you are vegan go to step 6)
6. Add drained noodles, beansprouts and sauce and toss until egg and sauce coats the noodles,
7. After 5 minutes add prawns/mushrooms/tofu mixture, 2-3 Tbsp of crushed peanuts and lime juice, toss for a final time
8. Serve immediately and garnish.

If you get the ingredients right, the flavors you love will be there. And if you've ever made a stir-fry, you can definitely master the technique. Feel free to jump right to the recipe which will walk you through the whole process. This Pad Thai post is completely rewritten based on my previous wok two years ago, with an upgraded recipe and the inclusion of the video demonstration. I have added more information as below: The authentic formula of the Pad Thai sauce; The key ingredients and the explanation how to prep these items.

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