Pad Thai is a fascinating combination of flavors. It combines crunchy peanuts, chewy noodles, spicy sauce, chicken, and other ingredients in a mixture that wraps you up like a warm blanket. If you have a carbon steel wok, you can recreate this incredible highlight of Thai cuisine. The Yosukata chefs have the perfect Pad Thai wok recipe for you!
How to Make Pad Thai in Wok
Of course, you cannot cook Pad Thai with just a few ingredients. It will not be effortless, but the result is definitely worth it. If some items from this Pad Thai recipe are unavailable in your location, check our substitution tips at the end of this article.
Ingredients for Pad Thai in Wok
So, what do you need to recreate this authentic Asian dish in the comfort of your home? Here are the key items to include on your shopping list for the best Pad Thai recipe:
1 Tamarind Pulp (1×2 in)
In America, Pad Thai has become a mainstream dish with a lot of ketchup. However, the traditional flavor comes from tamarind paste and sugar. You can find jarred tamarind concentrate, but it cannot compare to the real pulp. The flavor is very different.
2 Thai Soy Sauces: black soy (30 ml), sweet soy (5 ml), thin soy (5 ml)
Do not expect to replace them with sauces from the Chinese or Japanese cuisines. No, they do not taste the same! For example, the dark soy sauce from China is thinner and less sweet. Unfortunately, mainstream food has blurred many new nuances of regional sauces.
3 Ground Dried Shrimp (80 ml)
Even though we are cooking Pad Thai, not the Shrimp Pad Thai, the dish will be incomplete without a subtle seafood flavor. It is one of the things that make authentic cuisine so fascinating.
4 Fish Sauce (45 ml)
One of the key differences between a takeout container and the authentic Pad Thai in a wok is the doubled seafood flavor. On the one hand, you have the shrimp. On the other hand, there is some fish sauce. Get some Red Boat if you can find it.
5 Chinese Garlic Chives (240 ml)
No, these are not the ordinary chives most people know. These are flatter and wider. The flavor they give is more subtle, and it is indispensable for the original Pad Thai. Now, you are ready to learn how to make Pad Thai in wok. Other Ingredients:
- Pad Thai rice noodles (225 g)
- Thai salted radish (30 ml)
