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Authentic Pad Thai. 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. Key Ingredients for the Best Pad Thai: There are a few vital ingredients for making an excellent—not just good—pad thai: Tamarind: Mainstream Pad Thai in the U. S. is often a super sweet, red-hued concoction involving lots of ketchup.

To make authentic Pad Thai, you have to understand what this dish essentially is.

Pad Thai is a noodle stir-fry.

And with most types of stir-fry, each dish is uniquely seasoned depending on the sauce.

You can cook Authentic Pad Thai using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Authentic Pad Thai

1. Prepare of Sauce:.

2. Prepare 6 Tbsp of light brown sugar,.

3. Prepare 6 Tbsp of tamarind paste or rice vinegar,.

4. Prepare 4 Tbsp of fish sauce or Thai Taste - Vegan 'Fish' Sauce.

5. Prepare 2 Tsp of dark soy sauce.

6. You need of Pad Thai:.

7. It’s of Instant rice noodles (Mama brand).

8. Prepare 400 g of king prawns / sliced mushrooms,.

9. Prepare 2 tsp of Thai red chilli flakes or normal chilli flakes (use less for mild),.

10. Prepare 2 of spring onions roughly chopped,.

11. Prepare 1 of English shallot, sliced,.

12. It’s 2 of eggs whisked (you can omit this to make it vegan),.

13. Prepare 1 Tbsp of oil (we recommend peanut oil),.

14. You need Handful of beansprouts,.

15. Prepare 2-3 of garlic cloves, crushed,.

16. It’s of Tofu:.

17. You need 4-6 tbsp of crushed peanuts,.

18. Prepare 1 block of tofu drained, pressed and cut into 1 inch cubes,.

19. You need 1 of lime, juiced.

20. It’s of Freshly cracked black pepper,.

21. It’s 1/3 cup of cornflour.

22. It’s of Garnish Examples: Handful of chopped coriander,1 spring onion chopped, lime wedges.

With so many variations of Pad Thai sauces on the internet, the most authentic Pad Thai sauce recipe has tamarind, palm, sugar, and fish sauce.

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.

Authentic Pad Thai instructions

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..

It's just not the "classic" version.

As I mentioned, there are many, many variations of pad thai in Thailand, and some are indeed orange.

In fact, one of the most famous Pad Thai vendors in Bangkok makes theirs bright orange!

That colour, however, comes from shrimp tomalley, not ketchup or paprika.

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.