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8 ounces Rice Noodle
5-6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tbsp chopped shallots
1/4 cup dried shrimp
2-3 fresh cooked shrimp
1/4 cup fish sauce
1 tbsp Sugar
2 tsp tamarind concentrate mixed with 5 teaspoons water
1 medium egg, beaten
1/4cup chopped chives
1/2 cup roasted peanuts, coarsely broken up.
1 cup bean sprouts
1/2 cup tofu that has been diced (1/2" cubes)
marinated in dark sweet soy. "Firm" tofu works best.

Preparation

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.At this point one option is to add shrimps and cook a bit.
3.Add the remaining ingredients except the egg, and stir fry until the noodles soften (about 5 minutes).
4.As you stir the noodles, periodically throw in 1-2 tablespoons of water,
5.and after 2-3 minutes add 1 tablespoon of rinsed, salted radish (optional).
6.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).
7.At this point, a very tasty but optional addition is a small handful of dried shrimps. Add the bean sprouts and cook for no more than another 30 seconds.
8.Remove from the pan to a serving platter.
9.Aside with fresh bean sprouts, lemon pieces, chopped chives, roasted peanuts or follow below Garnish>>>

Garnish:
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.
2.Sprinkle this mixture on the cooked pad Thai.
3.Cut several limes into segments and also slice up some cucumber into rounds then halve the rounds.
4.Put the lime segments and cuke segments around the serving platter.
5.Pad thai is served as above.
6.You may add Thai chili powder, sugar and crushed peanuts at the table.

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Reviews

9/15/09

Theresa111 says:

I have just recently found this dish and love it. This looks like a delicious recipe.

11/18/09

Theresa111 says:

It's on the home page again. May I come over to your house to eat this dish?

4/21/10

urbanideas says:

Going to try to make your dish tonight but instead of shrimp am using vegetarian chicken! Will let you know how it comes out!

12/12/11

susancarrigan says:

I happened to have fresh eastern bay scallops (very sweet) on hand, so I added along with the shrimp. Dish was a success, next time must make double batch!

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