Pad Thai Noodle

How to cook:

• 1

  (1)Heat a little cooking oil in a wok and add the garlic and shallots, and briefly stir fry until they just shows signs of changing color.

• 2

  (2)At this point one option is to add chicken meat and cook a bit longer, if you prefer chicken pad Thai.

• 3

  (3)Add the remaining ingredients except the egg and the bean sprouts, and stir fry until the noodles soften (about 5 minutes).

• 4

  (4)As you stir the noodles, periodically throw in 1-2 tablespoons of water, and after 2-3 minutes add 1 tablespoon of rinsed, salted radish (optional).

• 5

  (5)Continuing to stir with one hand, slowly “drizzle” in the beaten egg to form a fine ribbon of cooked egg (if you don’t feel confident with this make an egg crepe separately, and then roll it up and slice it into quarter inch wide pieces, which you add to the mix at this point).

• 6

  (6)At this point, a very tasty but optional addition is a small handful of dried shrimps.

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  (7)Add the bean sprouts and cook for no more than another 30 seconds.

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  (8)Remove from the pan to a serving platter.

Garnish:

• 1

  (1)Mix a tablespoon of lime juice with a tablespoon of tamarind juice and a tablespoon of fish sauce, and use this to marinade half a cup of uncooked bean sprouts, half a cup of chopped chives, and half a cup of very coarsely ground roasted peanuts.

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  (2)Sprinkle this mixture on the cooked pad Thai.

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  (3)Cut several limes into segments and also slice up some cucumber into rounds then halve the rounds.

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  (4)Put the lime segments and cuke segments around the serving platter.