Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Jenn's Chicken Pad Thai

INGREDIENTS:
  • Thai rice noodles (enough for 2-4 people)
  • Cooking oil for stir-frying
  • 1-1½ Tbs. minced garlic
  • Boneless, skinless chicken, sliced (enough for 2-4 people)
  • 1 block of firm tofu, cubed
  • 2-3 Eggs, scrambled
  • 3-4 green onions, sliced
  • 1/3 cup crushed peanuts

PAD THAI SAUCE:
  • 2-3 Tbs. Lime juice
  • 2-3 Tbs. Fish Sauce
  • Brown Sugar (enough to balance out flavor/tartness)

DIRECTIONS:
1.Bring a large pot of pot to a boil and remove from heat. Dunk in your rice noodles. Allow noodles to soak while you prepare the other ingredients. Drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
2.Make the Pad Thai Sauce by combining the sauce ingredients together in a cup. Stir well to dissolve the brown sugar. Set aside.
3.Warm up a wok or large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add cooking oil and garlic. Stir-fry until fragrant.
4.Add chicken and tofu. Stir-fry until chicken is done.
5.Add the noodles, and pour the Pad Thai sauce over. Using two spatulas, or wooden spoons, immediately stir-fry the noodles by folding carefully so as to not break the noodles.
6.Add scrambled eggs and work through noodles
7.Remove from heat and add onion and crushed peanuts.


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