Pad Thai Recipe

Welcome to my very first blog about food. On this post, I will show you how to cook a delicious Pad Thai.

Ingredients:  Serving: 3

3-5 Tbsp of cooking oil (recommended: don't use olive oil)

1 tsp of finely chopped garlic

30 medium shrimps ( peeled and deveined)

1/2 cup of thinly slices of carrots.

1 bag and a half of dried rice noodles (buy the one that uses to cook Pho) (Soak them in warm water for 15 minutes and drain them). OR you can buy fresh thin noodles.

1/4 cup of water

1 and 1/2 cups of washed bean sprouts

1 tsp of Knorr Tamarind Soup Base Mix ( you can find it in any market, I saw they sell at Safeway, SaveMart)

1 tsp of Oriental Mixed Chili ( Bun' Bo` Hue' flavor): you can find in any Asian market, OR you can mix up chili powder, paprika powder, ginger powder and onion powder together. 

1 tsp of sugar

2 pinch of salt

1 tsp of finely chopped chili 

1 tsp finely chopped shallots

1 tbsp of chopped Persicaria odorata, the Vietnamese spicy coriander ( rau răm) 

1tbsp of chopped basil leaves

Pad Thai sauce:
             * 3 tbsp of water
             * 1/2 tbsp of tamarind powder
             * 1/2 tbsp of fish sauce
             * 2 tsp of palm sugar ( you can use brown sugar instead)
             * a pinch of salt

Now Let's begin :

STEP 1: First, we marinate the shrimps with Knorr Tamarind Soup Base Mix, Oriental Mixed Chili, sugar, salt, minced chili, chopped shallots, chopped coriander and basil. Mix them well and let them marinate about 10 minutes.

STEP 2:

 -Wash and slide carrot diagonally and thinly, and JULIENNE them. Wash bean sprouts and leave all aside.

- Finely chop garlic cloves 

  - Crack one egg and beat it with just a little bit of water.

- Soak noodles in warm water for 15 mins and rinse

STEP 3:
- Heat the oil in a large and deep pan. Add the chopped garlic and stir fry til golden brown.
- Add the marinated shrimps in and keep stirring till the shrimps change to pink.

- Remove the shrimps aside, prevent them from over-cooked and harden.

Use the same pan and add the rinsed noodles in. Add little more oil if there's not enough oil in the pan. Once you put the noodles in, stir immediately, so they wont stick and clump together. Add just a little bit of water, stirring a few times to separate the noodles

Add the Pad Thai sauce in (DO NOT pour all at once), just little by little, and adjust to your own taste. Keep stirring until everything is thoroughly. The noodles should appear soft and moist.

Add julienne carrots and bean sprout and cook till soften. Put the shrimps back to the pan and add the beaten egg. Stir quickly. 

STEP 4: Roast some peanut and grind them in (pulse mode) a few second. You still want a crunchy texture, not completely smooth peanut powder.
STEP 5: Serve on a platter with peanuts, few bean sprouts. Garnish the plate with a wedge of lime and a few coriander.

And NOW IT"S DONE 

Hope you will like it and good luck!

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