I tried to cook something different today ! Something that I haven't cooked; Pad Thai - stir fried rice noodles with eggs, tamarind juice, red chili sauce, fish sauce, along with shrimp, meat, chicken, bean sprouts.
Ingredients:
100 gram Thai rice noodles
1 cup raw shrimp, shell removed
1 shallot, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 egg
1 cup bean spouts
1 green onion, slice into 1 inch pieces
1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts - crushed
3 tbs oil for stir frying
Pad Thai Sauce
3/4 tbs tamarind paste
1/4 cup hot water
2 tbs fish sauce
3-5 tbs chili sauce - I use Sriracha
3 tbs palm sugar
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1. Bring a pot of water to boil, remove from heat and soak the rice noodles until soft to eat, but still firm and crunchy. Drain and rinse the noodles with cold water. Set aside.
2. In a small bowl, dissolve the tamarind paste in hot water, then add the other pad Thai sauce ingredients. Stir well to dissolve the palm sugar. Set aside.
3. Heat the frying pan, add 2 tbs oil, swirl around then add shallots and garlic. Stir fry 1 minute.
4. Add the shrimp. Stir fry 2-3 minutes until the shrimp turn pink.
5. Push ingredients aside, making room in the center in your pan. Add 1 tbs oil, crack the egg, stir fry to scramble.
6. Add the noodles and drizzle the pad Thai sauce. Use 2 utensils and gentle toss to combine everything together. Keep the heat medium.
7. Add bean sprouts and continue stir frying for 1 minute.
8. Remove from heat. You can add extra fish sauce if you prefer.
9. Sprinkle green onion, crushed peanuts,and a little bit of white pepper.
ENJOY!!
