Recipe: Perfect Mike's Chicken Pad Thai

Mike's Chicken Pad Thai. Chicken Pad Thai - Isn't it about time we stopped relying on take out to get Pad Thai and making it at home instead? Prepare the noodles, cook the chicken, add veggie and sauce, cook scrambled eggs and stir in noodles. Here is a summary of the cooking process: Tips and Secrets for Making Chicken Pad Thai.

The key to perfect Pad Thai is in the cooking (or "not" cooking) of the noodles - learn how to get them chewy-perfect with this recipe. Make chicken pad Thai at home with all the classic ingredients: fish sauce, tamarind paste, and shrimp paste. Classic Chicken Pad Thai. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. You can cook Mike's Chicken Pad Thai using 26 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Mike's Chicken Pad Thai

1. It's of ● For The Pad Thai Noodle Mixture.
2. You need 12 oz of Rice Noodles Sticks.
3. It's 1 Cup of Shreaded Pre-cooked Chicken.
4. It's 1 Cup of Fresh Bean Sprouts [left whole].
5. You need 4 of LG Thai Basil Leaves [chopped + reserves for garnish].
6. Prepare 2 of LG Eggs [scrambled].
7. It's 3 of Thai Chilies [minced].
8. Prepare 1 Cup of Fresh Cilantro [+ reserves for garnish].
9. It's 1/4 Cup of Fine Minced Chives.
10. It's 3 tbsp of Garlic Olive Oil [devided].
11. Prepare as needed of Soy Sauce.
12. Prepare of ● For The Pad Thai Sauce.
13. You need 1 tbsp of Quality Fish Sauce.
14. Prepare 2 tbsp of Tamarind Juice [or 2 tbsp Sweet Chinese Rice Wine Vinegar].
15. It's 1 tbsp of Garlic Chili Sauce [like sriracha].
16. It's 3 Cloves of Fresh Fine Minced Garlic.
17. It's 2 tbsp of Brown Sugar [more if you'd like it sweeter].
18. You need 1 tbsp of Oyster Sauce.
19. You need 1 tbsp of Hoisin Sauce.
20. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Red Pepper Flakes.
21. You need 1/8 Cup of Water.
22. Prepare of ● For The Sides & Garnishments.
23. It's as needed of Crushed Peanuts.
24. It's as needed of Fresh Lime Wedges.
25. You need as needed of Sesame Seeds.
26. Prepare as needed of Soy Sauce.

Chicken Pad Thai is very easy to make at home and a crowd pleaser. Stir fry the garlic and chicken, tofu and rice sticks. Scroll down for the detailed recipe. Mike - many people don't have tamarind so I substitute it with vinegar which is more accessible.

Mike's Chicken Pad Thai step by step

1. Bring water to a simmer and add noodles. Turn off heat and cover. Let noodles sit for 7 minutes..
2. While waiting for boil, add 1 tablespoon oil to pan and add 2 whisked eggs to heated pan. Fry egg until scrambled and remove contents from pan..
3. Add 2 additional tablespoons garlic olive oil, precooked chicken and Pad Thai sauce. Fry just until heated..
4. At 7 minutes, drain your noodles and rinse quickly under cold water..
5. Add drained noodles to your shreaded chicken and Pad sauce. Stir gently but well. Fry for 3 more minutes..
6. Add fresh Thai Basil, Cilantro, Chives and Bean Sprouts to pan and fry just until heated. Mix well by lifting and seperating noodles with chopsticks. Also, add Soy Sauce to taste..
7. Serve hot and garnish with fresh Thai Basil, Cilantro, Lime Wedges, Peanuts and Sesame Seeds. Enjoy!.

In Thailand, even some street vendors use vinegar. Chicken Pad Thai was the first Pad Thai we ever made at home. Making the leap to noodles with fish sauce was big enough for our household, so we kept it as kid friendly as we could by swapping out the shrimp and tofu for easy (super thinly) sliced chicken breast meat. Are you a Pad Thai lover like me? It's always my go-to order when we get takeout, so I had to have a version I could make at home.