Pad Thai

Since we have been eating more at home I have been trying some new recipes. I tried a Pad Thai recipe today that was simply wonderful. I was a bit apprehensive when I was making it because the fish sauce in the sauce did not smell very good but the end result was great. The recipe is below.

Pad Thai

Ingredients:

1 (12 oz) package rice noodles

2 Tbsp butter

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into bite-sized pieces

1/4 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

1 Tbsp white wine vinegar

2 Tbsp fish sauce

3 Tbsp white sugar

1/8 Tbsp crushed red pepper

2 c. bean sprouts

1/4 c. crushed peanuts

3 green onions, chopped

1 lime, cut into wedges

Directions:

Soak rice noodles in cold water 30 to 50 minutes, or until soft. Drain, and set aside. I did 50 minutes and it wasn't long enough so plan some time for this.

Heat butter in a wok or large heavy skillet. Saute chicken until browned. Remove, and set aside. Heat oil in wok over medium-high heat. Crack eggs into hot oil, and cook until firm. Stir in chicken, and cook for 5 minutes. Add softened noodles, and vinegar, fish sauce, sugar and red pepper. Adjust seasonings to taste. Mix while cooking, until noodles are tender. Add bean sprouts, and mix for 3 minutes.

A couple of things I did was marinate the chicken in some brown sugar and bourbon marinade before cooking and also made the sauce combination of vinegar, fish sauce, sugar and red pepper earlier on to just pour over when I needed to. I multiplied those four ingredients by 6 and could have still had more to make it as saucy as I like. I didn't use quite as much fish sauce as the other three ingredients so when I make it next time I will multiply the fish sauce by 5 and everything else by 7. I never would have guessed that particular combination of things would taste so good!