Posted by Garnet71 on February 24, 2009, at 21:43:59
Ok, I've been cooking for over 20 years, and this dish I made tonight is in the top 3 of THE best Asian recipes I've ever made:
http://thaifood.about.com/od/thairecipes/ss/padthai.htm
If you like Thai food, you will love this recipe--it's the best!
Follow the instructions, though--don't skip out on fresh lime, fresh cilantro, fresh chopped peanuts, fish sauce, chili sauce, or any of the other ingredients.
Except the 2 optional ones-don't use the pea pods or the ketchup (I cooked pea pods on the side because they really don't go well with Pad Thai).
For the peppers, I used 2 scotch bonnet peppers--but seeds from only one; next time I'd use the seeds from both.
And use fresh, pure coconut oil in the wok-it really made a difference in the balance of sweetness and added flavor. The other variation I used was 12 oz of rice noodles instead of the 8 or 10. Just make sure you follow instructions for soaking rice noodles-it made a difference as well.
It was so good, I just had to share... MMMMmmmmm....
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