Kwitiaow Pad Thai
- Main Ingredient: Chicken Shrimp Various Fish Noodles and Pastas Rice and Grains Eggs Corn Peanuts
- Preparation: Fried
- Course: Appetizers Various Main Dishes
- Cuisine: Thai
- Special food: Ethnic
- Yield:
Kwitiaow Pad Thai ingredients
- 1⁄2 c Peanut or corn oil
- 1 oz Raw prawns, shelled
- 4 oz Firm bean curd (tofu); diced
- 3 T Preserved sweet white radish chopped
- 3 T Sliced Shallots
- 4 Eggs
- 11 oz Rice or cellophane noodles (sen kel or woon sen), soaked in cold water for 7-10 minutes, if dried
- 1⁄4 c chicken stock
- 3 T Dried shrimps, chopped
- 1⁄3 c Unsalted Peanuts, Chopped
- 4 Spring onions; sliced
- 15 oz Bean sprouts
- --Sauce--
- 1 c water
- 1⁄2 c tamarind juice
- 1⁄3 c Palm Sugar
- 1 T White soya sauce
Cooking Kwitiaow Pad Thai
1. Mixi all the sauce ingredients together in a pan and boil until reduced to about 2/3 cup. Set aside to cool.
2. Heat the oil in a wok or pan until very hot, then add the prawns and bean curd and stir-fry lightly for 1 minute.
3. Add the preserved radish and shallot, fry for 1 minute, and break in the eggs.
4. Stir-fryi for a minute, then add the noodles and chicken stock.
5. When the noodles are soft (about 2 minutes), add the dried shrimps, peanuts, spring onions and bean sprouts.
6. Add the sauce, fry for a couple of minutes and serve.
7. Serve accompanied by chopped peanuts, chopped dry chillies, sugar, lime wedges, spring onions, and fresh bean sprouts, all in small containers.
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