Pad Thai Noodles

I had always wanted to try cooking this dish at home since the last time I had it during my stayed in Australia three years back. This is the most famous noodle dish in Thailand. Pad Thai has a subtle substance of flavours with pickled turnip, crushed peanuts, fresh chives and a dash of lime. You don’t really find it served in the Thai Restaurant at Singapore. Last week when we went for Thai food, I order a noodle dish which is I thought was Pad Thai but the taste and ingredients were not the same as what I had eaten before.


After much hesitation, I decided to buy a packet of the Home Asian Gourmet “Thai, Pad Thai Noodles Sauce” and whip up my own version of “Pad Thai Noodles”. I managed to find the thin thai style Rice Noodles in our wet market today so I decided to cook this dish for our dinner.

Ingredients:
1 Packet Thai Pad Thai Noodles SpicePaste
3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
250g Prawns, removed shell and devined
1 Egg
200g Fresh Thin Rice Noodles
100g (½ cup) Fresh Bean Sprouts
1 Piece Of Firm Beancurd, cut into small cubes
3 Tablespoons Crushed Peanuts
1 Lime Wedges, cut into slices as garnish
2-3 Stalks Of Chives/Spring Onions, cut into section as garnish

Methods:
1. Heat 1 Tablespoon of oil in non-stick wok or pan on medium heat, add in the cubes beancurd and fry until golden brown then removed and set aside.
2. Add the reminding oil and switch to high heat then add prawn and stir fry for 1 minute.
3. Add egg scramble it and cook for 1 minute.
4. Add noodles and SpicePaste, stir fry for 3 minutes or until fairly dry.(you can add some hot water if you think is too dry)
5. Add in beancurd and chives then sprinkle with some crushed peanuts and mixed well then dish up.
6. Clean and heat up the pan then drizzle with some oil and stir-fry the bean sprouts with high heat for a few second then drizzle with some cooking wine, dish up and scattler around the noodles.
7. Garnish the noodles with the remianing peanuts, lime wedges, some dried shallot and serve hot.

Notes: If you can't get hold of fresh thin rice noodles, you can replaced it with those packet dried rice noodles and cooked according to the packet instructions.