Noodles only soak
Do not boil rice noodles for Pad Thai softly. They should be flexible and cook in the pan with sauce ready.
Thai Recipe
Pad Thai
This Pad Thai recipe works with soaked rice noodles, a tamarind sauce and short wok heat. The noodles are not cooked, but cooked in the pan with sauce, so that they remain elastic and do not crumble.
Total time
35 min
Calories
610 kcal
Servings
4 servings
Difficulty
Medium
Why this recipe works
Pad Thai with tamarinds, rice noodles and peanuts
Pad Thai succeeds best when everything is prepared next to the pan. Rice noodles, sauce, egg, tofu or shrimp, soy sprouts and lime are added quickly. The sauce should taste sour, salty and slightly sweet without drowning the noodles.
Quick Dinners
Lunch
One-Pot Recipes
Dinner
Recipe
Pad Thai
Pad Thai is a Thai rice noodle dish with tamarind, fish sauce, egg, tofu or shrimp, soy sprouts, lime and peanuts. The balance of sour, salty, sweet and nutty is decisive.
Ingredients
4 servings
Method
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1
Soak noodles
Soak rice noodles in warm water until they are bendable. Do not cook softly, they cook later in the pan.
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2
Mix sauce
Mix tamarind paste, fish sauce and sugar. The sauce should taste clearly sour, salty and slightly sweet.
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3
Prepare Wok
Place shallots, garlic, protein, eggs, soy sprouts, spring onions, peanuts and limes at hand.
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4
Fry
Heat oil. Fry shallots and garlic briefly, then add shrimp, chicken or tofu and fry almost.
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5
Cook pasta ready
Add noodles and sauce and fry for 2 to 3 minutes while stirring. Place eggs on the edge, let them set and stir in.
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6
Serve fresh
Add short soy sprouts and spring onions. Serve with peanuts, lime and chilli flakes.
Kitchen know-how
Tips for Pad Thai
Prepare All
Pad Thai cooks fast. When sauce, egg, vegetables and toppings are ready, the pan stays hot and the noodles stick less.
Check Balance
Tamarinde, fish sauce and sugar must fit together. At the end finely adjust with lime or sugar.
Variations
How to adapt this recipe
Replace fish sauce with soy sauce and use firm tofu. For more umami, mushrooms or a little light misopaste fit.
Cut chicken breast thin and fry at first almost. Add pasta and sauce.
Nutrition per serving
610kcal
76.0 gCarbohydrates
24.0 gProtein
22.0 gFat
Values are estimates per serving and may vary depending on the ingredients, brands, portion size and preparation method used.
Frequently asked questions
FAQ about Pad Thai
The noodles were usually too soft or the pan too cold. Rice noodles only soak and then finish cooking with the sauce in good heat.
Tamarinde is typical. Mix some lime juice with little brown sugar, but the taste becomes less deep.
Shrimps, chicken, firm tofu or a mixture work well. It is important to fry them almost even before the pasta.
It should be sour, salty, slightly sweet and nutty. Gently adjust lime, fish sauce, tamarind and sugar at the end.
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