Pad Thai

Name: Pad Thai
Ingredients: 2 whole Chicken Breast, Boneless, Skinless; 3 Tablespoons Tamarind Puree; 2 Tablespoons Grated Palm Sugar; 13 cups Sweet Chili Sauce; 13 cups Fish Sauce; 1 pound Prawns (Shrimp), Shelled And Deveined; 1 pound Rice Stick Noodles, Wide; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 Tablespoons Shrimp Paste; 1 Tablespoon Ginger, Peeled And Finely Chopped; 2 whole Small Thai Red Chilies, Seeded; 1 Tablespoon Peanut Oil For Frying; 3 whole Egg, Lightly Beaten; 2 cups Bean Sprouts; 4 stalks Green Onions, Sliced; 13 cups Coriander (cilantro) Leaves, Raw, Coarsely Chopped; 1/4 cups Roasted Unsalted Peanuts, Coarsely Chopped; 1 whole Lime, Cut Into 8 Wedges

18 ingredients

31 steps

Ingredients

2 whole Chicken Breast, Boneless, Skinless
3 Tablespoons Tamarind Puree
2 Tablespoons Grated Palm Sugar
13 cups Sweet Chili Sauce
13 cups Fish Sauce
1 pound Prawns (Shrimp), Shelled And Deveined
1 pound Rice Stick Noodles, Wide
2 cloves Garlic
2 Tablespoons Shrimp Paste
1 Tablespoon Ginger, Peeled And Finely Chopped
2 whole Small Thai Red Chilies, Seeded
1 Tablespoon Peanut Oil For Frying
3 whole Egg, Lightly Beaten
2 cups Bean Sprouts
4 stalks Green Onions, Sliced
13 cups Coriander (cilantro) Leaves, Raw, Coarsely Chopped
1/4 cups Roasted Unsalted Peanuts, Coarsely Chopped
1 whole Lime, Cut Into 8 Wedges

Directions

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1.
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Cook the chicken breasts in a moderate oven until cooked through.
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Shred apart using forks.
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Set aside.
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2.
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Mix together the tamarind**, palm sugar, sweet chili sauce and fish sauce.
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Set aside.
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3.
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Shell and devein prawns (shrimp we call them prawns in Australia!)
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(and cut them into more manageable pieces if theyre as mutantly gigantic as the ones I currently am lucky enough to have sitting in my freezer.
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I sliced them right down the middle, like butterflying but cutting all the way through).
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Set aside.
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Place noodles in a large heatproof bowl.
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Cover with boiling water until they soften.
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Drain noodles and set aside.
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5.
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Blend or process or crush using mortar and pestle the garlic, shrimp paste, ginger and chili until you have a nice stinky paste.
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Heat oil in wok and stir-fry spice paste until fragrant.
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Add prawns, frying for a minute or so.
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Add egg, stir-fry until the egg just sets.
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Add noodles, tamarind mixture, chicken, sprouts and half of the onion; stir-fry, tossing gently until combined and everything is heated through.
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Remove from heat; toss remaining green onion, coriander and nuts through pad thai.
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Serve with lime wedges (and perhaps some extra sprouts, coriander and crispy fried onion pieces for good measure).
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NOTE** If you cant find tamarind puree (which has a smooth consistency) and can only find tamarind pulp (quite chunky consistency) youll need to include an extra step in your method.
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Soak 40 g tamarind pulp in 1/2 cup boiling water for 30 minutes, giving it a good stir/squish every now and then.
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After the 30 minutes, strain the mixture over a bowl, pushing through as much of the pulp through the strainer as you can and making sure to scrape the underside of the strainer occasionally to collect all possible pulp.
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Discard the solids left in the strainer and use the pulp/liquid mixture in the bowl as for the tamarind puree in the recipe.