Thai cooking with Joy recipe:

Phad Thai – ” ผัดไทย “

A stir fried rice noodle dish found on literally every single night market in Thailand. Phad Thai is a real street food classic. It is pretty much a national dish, though not with a very long history. It became popular in Thailand during, and after world war II.
The recipe shown here is with the original preparation of the Tamarind Sauce, like taught in our Thai cooking lessons with Joy. It is possible to substitute this with the commonly available Tamarind paste.
Recently the Tourism Authority of Thailand published a video about this popular Thai dish:

The phase pictures in the recipe show preparing the sauce for about 4 portions at once, while the phase pictures for the Phad Thai itself show the preparation for only one portion.  To have a good result, please don’t do more than  one portion at a time or the noodles will stick together.

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Phad Thai - " ผัดไทย "

Cuisine

Thai

Servings

People

Ingredients

Phad Thai Sauce

• 2 tsp. salt
• Red onions
• Tamarind
• 1 cup Water
• 6 tblsp. Palm sugar
• 2 tblsp. Cooking oil

Phad Thai

• 8 cloves garlic
• 4 Eggs
• 8 tblsp. Cooking oil
• 120 g Rice noodles
• Cabbage or
• Bean Sprouts
• Carrots
• 5 tblsp. Soy sauce
• 200 g Meat / Prawns If you are doing Phad Thai with meat: Heat cooking oil in the wok and fry the meat until almost cooked first. Here we show Phad Thai Goong (Shrimp) which have a shorter cooking time and so are added later.

Cuisine Thai Servings People Ingredients Phad Thai Sauce 2 tsp. salt Red onions Tamarind 1 cup Water 6 tblsp. Palm sugar 2 tblsp. Cooking oil Phad Thai 8 cloves garlic 4 Eggs 8 tblsp. Cooking oil 120 g Rice noodles Cabbage or Bean Sprouts Carrots 5 tblsp. Soy sauce 200 g Meat / Prawns If you are doing Phad Thai with meat: Heat cooking oil in the wok and fry the meat until almost cooked first. Here we show Phad Thai Goong (Shrimp) which have a shorter cooking time and so are added later.

Instructions

Phad Thai Sauce

1. Mix tamarind with some water and use only the liquid, like learned in the cooking course, put aside. On the pic are the ingredients: Tamarind and the finished Tamarind Sauce, Palm Sugar, Red Onions and Salt.

   
2. Heat cooking oil in a pot and fry the red onions in it until golden brown.

   
3. Add tamarind sauce, palm sugar and salt. Mix well.

   
4. Add water, bring to boil and put aside

   

Phad Thai

1. Ingredients

   
2. Fry the garlic and add the egg(s) and stir until a little solid.

   
3. Add Phad Thai Sauce with the noodles. Make sure that the Phad Thai sauce covers the noodles. Bring to boil and let it simmer until the noodles are cooked. At this point most of the liquid should have evaporated

   
4. Add Cabbage and Carrots. Mix well.

   
5. Add prawns, bean sprouts and chives. Stir well. Add soy sauce and be careful not to overcook the prawns.

   
6. Ready to serve