Thai Drunken Master Noodles Pad Kee Mow Food

PAD KEE MOW (DRUNKARD'S NOODLES)

Steps:

• Whisk together rice vinegar, fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar, red pepper flakes, and black pepper in a large bowl.
• Marinate chicken into rice vinegar mixture; set aside while preparing remaining ingredients.
• Separate rice noodles in warm water, about 5 minutes; drain.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet or wok over medium heat. Cook and stir the garlic and onion in the hot oil until the onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Increase heat to medium-high. Stir chicken and marinade into onion mixture; cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center and sauce begins to thicken, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Stir rice noodles, oyster sauce, soy sauce, red bell pepper, tomatoes, green onion, and basil leaves into the chicken mixture; cook and stir until sauce is evenly distributed and noodles are tender, 5 minutes more.

THAI DRUNKEN NOODLES

Steps:

• Soak noodles for 15 minutes in warm water.
• In a large pot of boiling water, cook rice noodles until just tender, about 1 minute; drain and set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine the Kikoman sauce, oyster sauce and sugar and put it aside.
• Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat.
• Add tofu and cook until its a golden colour which should take about 30 seconds to a minute and set this aside.
• Add garlic and cook 10 seconds.
• Add chili, broccoli, onion and stir fry for 30 secs.
• Add the soy sauce mixture, noodles, sprouts, basil and reserved tofu and stir-fry for 1 minute, or until hot.
• Serve in a serving platter.

THAI DRUNKEN NOODLES

Steps:

• Soak the dried noodles in hot water for ten minutes or until they are soft and translucent. Drain and set it aside.
• Cut the chicken thigh meat into one-inch length pieces. Marinate with B for fifteen minutes.
• Place the bird's eye chilies and garlic into a mortar and grind them into a paste.
• Peel off the fibrous surface of the Chinese broccoli stem. Cut them into one to two inches sections.
• Slice each baby corns on the bias into three sections.
• Cut a large red chili into thin rings and remove the seeds.
• Clean the basil and use the leaves only.
• Heat some oil over low heat in the wok. Saute the garlic and chili until aromatic, which will take less than a minute.
• Add the chicken thigh meat and stir-fry over low to medium heat until it starts to turn color.
• Add the Chinese broccoli and baby corns to the wok. Continue stir-frying until the stem of the vegetable become soft.
• Add the noodles to the wok.
• Add all the seasoning D to the wok.
• Stir-fry over high heat until you can smell the wok aroma.
• Turn off the heat, and add the basil leaves and sliced red chilies. When all the leaves are wilted, transfer the noodles to the serving plate to serve immediately.

DRUNKEN NOODLES (PAD KEE MAO)

Steps:

• Work the 2 tablespoons of water into the sliced chicken with your hands until the chicken absorbs the liquid. Add 1 teaspoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon oil, and 2 teaspoons cornstarch, and mix until the chicken is evenly coated. Set aside for 20 minutes.
• Follow the directions on the rice noodle package to prepare your noodles. What we usually do is prepare a stainless steel bowl with hot tap water to soak the noodles for about 15 minutes. Then we just drain them and set aside for cooking.
• Stir together the dissolved brown sugar mixture, soy sauces, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and white pepper in a small bowl and set aside.
• Heat your wok until it's close to smoking, and spread 2 tablespoons of oil around the perimeter of the wok. Add the chicken and let it sear for 1 minute on each side until it's about 90% cooked. Remove from the wok and set aside. If the heat was high enough and you seared the meat correctly, your wok should be still clean with nothing sticking to it. If not, you can wash the wok to prevent the rice noodles from sticking.
• Continue with the wok on high heat and add 1 tablespoon of oil, along with the garlic and grated ginger.
• After a few seconds, add the shallots. Stir fry for 20 seconds and add the scallions, chili peppers, basil, baby corn and shaoxing wine. Stir-fry for another 20 seconds and add in the rice noodles. Use a scooping motion to mix everything for another minute until the noodles warm up.
• Next, add the prepared sauce mixture and stir-fry at the highest heat for about 1 minute until the noodles are uniform in color. Take care to use your metal spatula to scrape the bottom of the wok to prevent sticking.
• Add the seared chicken and stir-fry for another 1 to 2 minutes.
• Serve!

THAI DRUNKEN MASTER NOODLES (PAD KEE MOW)

Steps:

• Heat a wok with several tablespoons of cooking oil. Seperate rice noodles and stir fry noodles until they soften.
• When oil is absorbed add a few tablespoons of soy sauce and finish cooking.
• Remove noodles from heat, place noodles on a plate and keep them in a warm oven.
• Add a few more tablespoons of cooking oil to the skillet and stir fry onions, garlic, green onions, peppers and basil until softened slightly.
• Add chicken and cook until slightly browned.
• Combine all ingredients for sauce in a medium sized bowl and whisk everything together,.
• Add noodles and sauce to skillet.
• Stir fry for several minutes.
• Remove from heat and enjoy.