Easy Authentic Pad Thai At Home

this is one of those things you usually defer to a restaurant to make but i'm telling you now you can do it and if you do it might just be the very best one that you ever have in your life [Music] okay so today we're making pad thai we're gonna make this as traditionally as we possibly can given the location and there are certain ingredients that we can acquire but we're gonna do our very best to have all the proper ingredients and do it simply but authentically it's not difficult it really is not it's just a matter of a little bit of proper technique having the right ingredients please do not sub ingredients it's too often that people see something and they don't think that they can find it just just please take a couple seconds and try to find a local asian market go and grab this stuff because you will thank yourself for it now with all that said let's make this shall we okay folks there are a couple of ingredients in here that are extremely easy to find at local asian grocery stores or on amazon so don't go complaining to me and i'll do my best to give you substitutions first thing we need to do is make our pad thai sauce you'll need some tamarind pulp which looks a bit like a brick of poopy but trust me when i say it's full of flavor pull off two ounces place it in a small bowl and mix in half a cup of boiling water keep mixing until it's as smooth and rehydrated as possible then press that through a mesh sieve or chinois and you now have tamarind juice to that you're gonna add three heaping tablespoons of thai palm sugar i like to grate mine because it dissolves easily followed by two tablespoons of fish sauce and one tablespoon of thai black soy sauce mix all that together and that's your pad thai zhu if you will dark rich and so darn good you'll practically hallucinate when you taste it next up get half a pound of chicken breast plop that on a board and slice that beauty into nice third inch slices and try to keep these even so they guess what cook evenly to the chicken you're gonna add a generous pinch of kosher salt one teaspoon of ground white pepper two teaspoons of cornstarch toss all that together to coat then add two teaspoons of thai sweet soy sauce mix together again only to realize that not all of your cornstarch came out and all right now let's talk nudes i mean noodles y'all are always thinking too damn nasty too nasty you'll need about eight ounces of dried pad thai rice noodles pop those into a large bowl and cover with hot water make sure they're completely submerged and let them soak for 15 to 20 minutes or until the texture is al dente then drain the water out through a colander and your nudes are hot and ready now before we stir fry everything together let me introduce you to the all-important dried shrimp you don't skip this get yourself a third of a cup of those little men pop them in a food processor and process on high speed until it reaches as fine of a powder as possible sure they smell a little funky but they shan't be excluded it's worth venturing out for papa's special ingredients now we're ready to stir-fry heat a large wok over medium-high heat add 3 tablespoons of high heat cooking oil then once that's shimmering and very hot swirl your pan to coat the edges add your chicken and batches stirring for about two to three minutes per side to get a beautiful golden brown chicken boob that's cooked all the way through no medium rare chicken that's obvious then remove your chicken and set to the side now place your wok back onto the heat heat up another three tablespoons of oil over medium high and once it's screaming hot add in your ground dried shrimp stir-fry shaking the pan vigorously while constantly stirring and let those cook until golden brown and toasted they should smell beautifully fragrant in the most amazing way then add two thinly sliced shallots stir fry that constantly for two to three minutes or just until they begin to soften then add four cloves of garlic which have been thinly sliced stir fry for yet another two minutes then you can optionally add one and a half tablespoons of finely minced zakkai which is thai salted daikon again optional please don't freak out on me all right it's optional stir fry for another minute or two then finally add your soaked and drained rice nudes followed by that beautiful pad thai sauce crank your heat to high and vigorously shake to stir-fry together until all the ingredients are evenly distributed and everything is hot then immediately reduce your heat back down to medium-high push all of your noodles to one side then separately beat together two to three eggs in a bowl until completely homogenized and pour into the empty space that you made in your wok let that cook for 30 seconds then go ahead and just scramble once your eggs are cooked through stir fry that all together to evenly distribute then add 1 cup of chinese garlic chives 1 cup of mung bean sprouts and your cooked chicken stir-fry all that together just until the garlic chives begin to wilt about two more minutes now pull that off the heat and look you can serve this in bowls but honestly i think it looks quite nice in a wok should you serve family style add a generous amount of crushed toasted peanuts that's peanuts not in more additional fresh mung bean sprouts although i don't really love mung bean sprouts that much just a side note i think they're really overrated sorry anyway this looks like a beautiful proper pad thai now let's see if it tastes as good as it makes my body feel when i gaze upon its sensuous beauty pad thai let's go look at that look at that i think this is a great family-style way to plate unless you have anyone that's allergic to peanuts then you can't do this oh peanuts ow just a little nothing to hurt me no ah i'm gonna get a plate this is a family style plate up so obviously you don't eat out of here unless you're nasty i don't like mung bean sprouts so i'm not putting anything on mine oh my god i'm stumped and not because i don't know how to describe this flavor but because i don't want to be disrespectful to places that i've had pad thai this hits different if you're gonna order pad thai to go it's already getting ruined along the way the noodles are getting overcooked the egg is getting overcooked and maybe it's not even that good this this is maximizing flavor if you have all the ingredients for this you can find all of them this will be one of the greatest pad thais you ever have unless you go to you know thailand or you have a really good thai restaurant near you most of them will not put it out like this i'm telling you this is this is something he's so excited he just can't hide it uh you have a fork that's illegal but whatever i'll accept it this this does hit dip yeah that goes somewhere else in your body this is a statement i think this is the best pad thai i've ever had [Music] it's that good you heard it here first folks best pad thai vikram's ever had it could be yours too if you it could be yours too and if you want it to be you all got to do is follow this recipe papa love you you want to know what else makes you have late night sweaty dreams about noodles b-roll [Music] alright guys and that is it so we made our pad thai and it came out i keep thinking about it ever since i've made this pad thai i can't stop thinking about it i want to eat it every day i want to smell it wafting through my air conditioning unit up into our bedroom while kate's trying to sleep and all she can smell is like sizzling delicious pad thai that is what you want every day of your life is it not is it not now you can make this so get out there go do it pop i love you and with all that said if you enjoyed this video or you learned something leave a like subscribe and i will see you next time you

Channel: Joshua Weissman

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Length: 7min 5sec (425 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 03 2021