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The Easiest Pad Thai You Will Ever Make!

The easiest and foolproof, fail-safe Pad Thai you will ever make! This recipe is golden and comes straight from an authentic Thai restaurant!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Thai
Keyword Pad Thai
Servings 2
Author Rookie With A Cookie

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup peanut oil
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ lb chicken thighs skinless, boneless and cut in very thin strips
  • ½ a packet of rice noodles I used the wider rice noodles at home
  • 5 tablespoon vinegar
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoon oyster sauce thin it out with 2 tablespoon water
  • salt to taste
  • 2 tablespoon white sugar
  • paprika I sprinkle about ¾-1 teaspoon for color
  • 1 ½- 2 cups bean sprouts
  • peanuts, green onions, and cilantro to garnish

Instructions

  • First we're going to cook the rice noodles like pasta until it's al dente, meaning it should not be cooked all the way through but should still have a bite. For this, add your noodles to a pot of water. Place the pot on the stove and on a low heat let the noodles soften for about 10-12 minutes. Once done, drain the noodles.
  • When noodles are done, heat up a wok on the highest flame. Once wok is hot, add oil and let it heat up.
  • Next, crack in an egg directly in the wok and stir.
  • To the eggs, add the chicken strips and stir until no longer pink and cooked through about 5-6 minutes. Make sure the chicken is in small strips so it cooks fast.
  • Next, add in rice noodles and stir.
  • Add the remaining ingredients: vinegar, lemon juice, fish sauce, oyster sauce, salt and sugar and stir really well. *Just throw it all in. This is why I love this recipe!*
  • Sprinkle paprika to give the dish a little color.
  • Pad Thai should not have a sauce so dry out the liquid by continuing to stir on the highest heat of the burner. My wok is not restaurant quality so it took me about 10-15 minutes to dry out the sauce. So it is very important that your noodles are not fully cooked in step 1 because they will continue to cook in the wok.
  • Lastly add in the bean sprouts and stir for a minute or two because we want bean sprouts to still be a bit crunchy.
  • Garnish with crushed peanuts, finely chopped green onions (just the green part) and cilantro and serve!