Easy, Accessible Pad Thai. This Pad Thai recipe is hands-down one of the easiest, tastiest recipes on the blog. A hearty, versatile, plant-based dish with tons of texture, protein, and big flavor! Add Pad Thai noodles to a large bowl and cover with just boiling water.

It's a quick and easy alternative to takeout that any beginner cook can accomplish, but it's important to note that we skipped some. This easy recipe for pad Thai noodles does not contain any tamarind, which is actually the authentic way to make it. Although today we associate pad thai sauce with tamarind, in this authentic southern-Thai recipe, the sourness comes instead from a combination of rice vinegar and lime juice. You can cook Easy, Accessible Pad Thai using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy, Accessible Pad Thai

You need 8 oz of pad thai noodles, (sometimes labeled as pho noodles, but get the wide ones - they're about 1/3" wide uncooked).
You need 2 of eggs, whisked and lightly seasoned with salt.
Prepare 2 cups of mung bean sprouts.
You need 1/2 lb. of protein of choice (I prefer shrimp or chicken), cut in bite-sized pieces and lightly seasoned w/ salt & a pinch of sugar.
Prepare of oil for frying.
It's 2 of green onions, cut into 1.5"long segments.
Prepare 4 of lime wedges to serve on the side.
You need of cilantro, chopped, for garnish.
It's of For the sauce:.
It's 3 Tablespoons of ketchup.
Prepare 2.5-3 Tablespoons of fish sauce.
You need 1 Tablespoon of lime juice.
It's 1 Tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce.
You need 1-2 Tablespoons of brown sugar (or white sugar if you don't have brown).
It's 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
You need 1 Tablespoon of crushed chili flakes, or to taste (I'd say this makes the dish about a 7 on the heat scale).

Pad Thai Sauce is actually a very easy mix of fish sauce, vinegar, sugar and chili peppers. The sugar helps to temper the strong fish sauce flavor. As pad thai is one of the most popular street foods in Thailand, she encouraged us to approach it at home the way the street vendors do: the prep is already done, so you can finish it in a flash. First, she wants you to make the sauce in advance because the ingredients are not standardized.

Easy, Accessible Pad Thai instructions

There are 2 options for prepping the noodles: 1) If you have time, soak the noodles in enough cold water to cover for 1 hour and then drain well. This results in a better texture. OR 2) Soak the noodles in enough hot water to cover for about 12 to 15 minutes or so, until all the noodles go completely limp when you pull them up by the handful out of the water, and drain well..
Mix all sauce ingredients in a bowl and stir thoroughly to incorporate all the seasonings evenly..
In a large wok or non-stick pan, bring a Tablespoon of oil up to medium high heat and saute/stir-fry your protein until cooked through. Set aside..
Scramble your eggs and set aside with the other protein..
Turn the heat to high, add 1 or 2 Tablespoons of oil to the pan, wait about 15 seconds to heat it up, and add in the noodles. Let the noodles sit for about 30 seconds so as not to disperse the heat then give a toss to redistribute them. Do this 3 or 4 times before adding in the rest of your ingredients. If your noodles start to stick together a little at this point, don't worry. When you add the liquid from the sauce, they'll separate again as you stir..
Add in the rest of your ingredients - meat, eggs, sprouts, green onions, and sauce - and toss thoroughly to season each noodle strand..
If you like some crispy/charred bits to your noodles, now is the time to add another Tablespoon of oil to the pan, and just let your noodles sit for a minute and a half to two minutes. This will crisp up some of the edges..
Garnish to taste with chopped cilantro and serve with lime wedges. The added fresh lime juice gives the dish extra zip..
Enjoy! :).

Prepare the noodles, cook the chicken, add veggie and sauce, cook scrambled eggs and stir in noodles. Here is a summary of the cooking process: Tips and Secrets for Making Chicken Pad Thai. My simple and easy version of the delicious Pad Thai, with shrimps and chicken. Bursting with a balanced taste of sour, sweet and salty. Pad Thai, as I mentioned earlier, is a Thai style stir-fry rice noodles.