Recipe: Tasty Pad Thai Inspired Stir Fry

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Pad Thai Inspired Stir Fry. The dish's full name—kway teow pad thai—translates roughly to "Thai-style stir-fried noodles." The cooking method of stir-frying meat, vegetables and noodles together with sauce is more Chinese than Thai. Pad Thai, as I mentioned earlier, is a Thai style stir-fry rice noodles. It's an extremely famous street food in Thailand.

Pad Thai Inspired Stir Fry I would say Pad Thai is correct if it refers to a specific recipe and you are. If speaking generically, not a specific recipe but the elements (spices, liquids) that comprise the dish, pad Thai is reasonable. I am not an expert but I study language. You can cook Pad Thai Inspired Stir Fry using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pad Thai Inspired Stir Fry

  1. Prepare 1 of leek, finely sliced.
  2. Prepare 1 of red onion, finely sliced.
  3. Prepare 200 g of cooked, chicken shredded.
  4. You need 50 g of beansprouts.
  5. You need 1 inch of ginger root, finely grated.
  6. You need 3 of garlic cloves, crushed.
  7. You need 2 of eggs, beaten.
  8. It's 1 tbsp of coconut oil.
  9. Prepare 200 g of brown rice noodles.
  10. You need 3 tbsp of Tamari sauce.
  11. Prepare of Garnish.
  12. It's 2 of large red chillies, sliced.
  13. You need 40 g of crushed raw peanuts.
  14. You need Handful of coriander.
  15. Prepare 2 tsp of dried chilli flakes.
  16. You need 1 of lime.

A native Thai woman made this for a Thai cooking class. This is how she learned to make it from her mother. We tasted the dish and it was great. We did not have Pad Thai sauce with it but she said the store bought type was fine.

Pad Thai Inspired Stir Fry instructions

  1. Cook the rice noodles according to the packet instructions. Drain then refresh in cold water. Set to one side..
  2. Heat the coconut oil in a hot wok. Add the chicken and stir fry quickly for a minute to heat..
  3. Add all of the raw vegetables, ginger and garlic to the wok. Toss the ingredients quickly for another minute..
  4. Add the beaten egg to the wok, followed by the rice noodles. Cook over a high heat until the egg is cooked through and well mixed with the other ingredients..
  5. Add the Tamari sauce, toss quickly and then transfer the stir fry to serving dishes..
  6. Garnish with the peanuts, dried chilli flakes, raw chilli, coriander and wedges of lime. Enjoy!.

Vegetables or tofu may be substituted for the chicken. She noted that overcooked noodles do not stir-fry well and do not look good. This scrumptious noodle recipe 'Pad Thai Gai' is the real deal - a version of famous Pad Thai (only easier!) direct from Thailand. It features stir-fried rice noodles with chicken in a tangy sauce along with toppings of chopped nuts and basil. The noodles are stir-fried until they have that famous Thai sticky/chewy taste.