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pad thai one of the most popular noodle
dishes around the world it's pretty much
up there with spaghetti and meatballs at
least for me today we're making another
friendly recipe for busy bees like
yourself I've been thinking guys that
I've really missed doing the 30 day
series and now that we're in March I
can't believe it's already March I
thought I would do a new series this
month we're gonna be doing all noodles
all the time at least as often as
possible but I am gonna do kind of a
choose-your-own-adventure so stay tuned
till the end where you guys get to pick
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Pad Thai now we're gonna go ahead and
get started with our noodles so to make
pad thai you use a very specific noodle
rice noodles aka Pad Thai noodles or
like button fuh
which is like fun noodle sticks I like
to change it up and make it a little bit
healthier by using brown rice noodles so
I found this at Whole Foods and it looks
like this if you guys want to use just
the plain regular white noodle white
rice noodles you totally could do that
too so to prepare our noodles I'm gonna
place them into a shallow pan like this
one
spread them out and then I'm gonna pour
hot water almost boiling and soak them
for about 10 minutes what we're doing is
softening the noodles so later when we
cook them they'll be the perfect texture
all right I'll set this aside and once
it's softened just right I will dream
them and then we'll cook them later so
our noodles are nice and soft and this
is the texture that I'm looking for
it's very undercooked and it's pliable
but there's still a little bit of more
than al dente nice to them so now that
we've prepared our noodles let's work on
our sauce of course you guys can always
buy the pre-made pad thai sauce but
there's something so satisfying about
making your own plus I already have most
of the ingredients in my pantry so hey
why not so first we're going to start
with a special ingredient which is
tamarind paste tamarind paste gives Pad
Thai fat very sour and sweet flavor
that's very unique I got this at Whole
Foods but you can pretty much find it at
any grocery stores nowadays in the Asian
spice aisle let me show it to you it's
just a very thick paste kind of like
molasses it's used in a lot of enemies
or Asian cooking but if you don't want
to get tamarind paste or don't have much
of a use for it for a whole jar like
this then you can totally substitute
with equal parts lime juice and sugar
here I have one tablespoon I'm gonna add
it to my bowl
so I tend to like my pad thai on the
tart side so if you don't like it too
tart just reduce the amount so maybe two
teaspoons and then I have three
tablespoons of fish sauce and then three
tablespoons of brown sugar so if you're
making more you always want to make sure
you have the same amount of fish sauce
and brown sugar and finally to balance
and thin everything out a quarter cup of
water you can also substitute for
chicken broth if you want more flavor
give it a mix mix mix mix and I'll just
mix it until the water and the tamarind
paste has dissolved into a very nice and
thin sauce beautiful let's give it a
quick taste to make sure it's just right
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it's tart but I like it like that so
really it's up to you guys but it's
sweet salty sour all the combinations
that's typical in a Thai dish or Pad
Thai all right
the sauce is done I'm gonna set it aside
and now we're gonna cook our pets hi to
make pad thai you need extra high heat
so today I'm using this portable gas
stove that I have and it's great and
then along with this gas stove I'm gonna
use my trusty wok put it on top let it
get really hot and then I'm gonna get
all of our ingredients out I have a
funny story with this wok when I first
got it and tried to season it I was
watching a YouTube video and they said
to oil it and keep oiling it while it's
smoking so that you could season it um
it went on fire literally I caused a
small fire in our apartment and I had to
get the fire extinguisher for the first
time I was panicking and I took a cookie
sheet put it over the flame and then
grabbed the fire extinguisher and blew
everything out do not try that at home
you guys the best way to season
this is actually just in the oven you
put a thin layer of oil put foil around
it and just put it in the oven and
season it I feel like that's the safest
way do not do it while it's smoking and
cause a fire in your house that was so
scary
anyways I have everything laid out and
I'm gonna walk you guys through the
directions because it's super fast so in
my really hot wok I'm gonna add a little
bit of oil for the oil make sure you add
enough to coat the bottom of the wok
because you don't want the chicken or
anything to stick and then I'm gonna add
in one chicken size that I've already
sliced up then I'll season it with two
teaspoons of fish sauce cook it for a
few minutes until it's nice and cooked
through then I'll toss half an onion
that I've already chopped up two cloves
of garlic mince continue stir frying it
for about a minute and so the onions
nice and fragrant now I'll toss in my
tofu here I have half a block of tofu
that I've cute cook it for another
minute
and then we add in our noodles along
with our sauce mixture
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and just continue mixing everything so
that the noodles don't stick once the
noodles look kind of cooked you'll see
it get nice and sticky that's when you
add in the rest of your ingredients I
have two cups of bean sprouts two stalks
of onions green onions that I've cut up
give it another toss and then finally
make a well in the middle and add your
eggs I have two eggs that I'll add into
the well and I'll just scramble them up
as I'm mixing everything up and that's
it how easy was that you guys literally
if you have no idea what to make for
dinner
this right here comes together in about
15 minutes
honestly so now I'm going to show you
guys how to plate this our pad thai is
done and this made about three to four
servings so it's perfect for a family
meal one pot okay so I'm gonna add the
pad thai into my dish it's lunchtime I'm
hungry so I'm gonna give myself a pretty
nice survey
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get a green onion in there for color the
tofu and the chicken tends to kind of
fall at the bottom so make sure when
you're serving to scoop some up
typically this is what you would get and
I like to sprinkle some crushed peanuts
I'll put it on the side and then I like
to add some sambal chili garlic paste
I'll add a wedge line just leave it on
the side
and finally I'll garnish it with a
little bit of cilantro if you have Thai
basil that would go really well too and
voila our Pad Thai noodle dish is done
so this isn't the most authentic way to
make it they usually put like like
shredded radish in there and some other
ingredients but I'm trying to make it
accessible for everyone everything I
bought here but was from Whole Foods and
you can pretty much get it from any
grocery stores it looks really good and
it's pretty legit let's go ahead and
give it a try now I'll just give it a
squeeze of lime remember I like my stuff
sour mix up the peanuts and chili sauce
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get a piece of chicken in there
damn damn that was good oh I feel like
pad thai is one of those daunting dishes
where you're kind of afraid to make it
at home because of the walk and just how
fast everything moves but as you guys
can see and how I demonstrated it today
it's really easy and it just takes a few
steps to really make sure that it comes
out perfectly I hope you guys love this
recipe as much as I do tomorrow we're
gonna be doing Fitness with Emmaline I'd
love to know how you guys are liking
that series and if you find it useful if
you think we should make more Fitness
videos with Emily but next week I
haven't figured out which day yet but
you guys get to pick your own adventure
so for our next noodle dish I would love
to know if you want beef broccoli chow
mein or shrimp scampi zoodles both are
really good and I couldn't figure out
which one to make so I want you guys to
vote comment below and also let me know
if you've ever made pad thai before this
recipe could be paired down to be
vegetarian um if you don't want to use
fish sauce totally just substitute for
coconut aminos or soy sauce it's go it's
not going to be super authentic but it
will still work thank you so much for
watching you guys I hope you're excited
about March noodle madness as I am and I
will see you guys on the next video bye
if you guys want to see more noodle
videos that I've made in the past check
out this one where I made kimchi fried
noodles jajangmyun and Thai peanut
noodles I also have a quick fun video
too