Chicken pad Thai

[moroccangirl]

Can someone tell me if this is a good recipe? I have never made it. Day loves it, I like it, so I wanted to try it.
If imagine I can get the ingredients here since we have lots of Asian items in the store (the tamarind paste and fish sauce). I don't know what that chili sauce is.

http://www.justataste.com/easy-best-pad-thai-chicken-recipe/

[witchypoo]

you can make your own sambal ulek.

you'll need red chiles, ginger root, lemongrass, garlic, vinegar, and sugar.

[witchypoo]

that recipe is fine, if not traditional.  she omits the egg, uses sambal, and adds ground black pepper.  but whatever.  to each their own.

[moroccangirl]

I don't remember egg in the pad Thai we had in Malaysia. Is there usually egg in it?

[moroccangirl]

And thanks for looking at it!

[witchypoo]

this is the best recipe i've used :

http://www.gastronomica.org/finding-pad-thai/

if you want to use chicken, i would sub it for the pork and shrimp, pound for pound.

[moroccangirl]

this is the best recipe i've used :

http://www.gastronomica.org/finding-pad-thai/

if you want to use chicken, i would sub it for the pork and shrimp, pound for pound.

Thanks 

[BonitaApplebum]

Food nerdery article + pad thai = heaven! 

[siamesedream]

I know how to order Thai food, if that's any help.

[moroccangirl]

I know how to order Thai food, if that's any help.

[moroccangirl]

Welp. First attempt was mostly a fail. I mean we could still eat it, but no one was finishing their plates and going back for seconds. I'm sure I bought the wrong noodles. They would not get soft for anything. I think they were too thick. We have 3000 varieties of rice sticks/rice noodles and I didn't pick the correct one.
After all of the prep work it all comes together really quickly. I'm going to try again soon with thinner noodles.

[witchypoo]

Just boil the noodles as you normally would boil noodles.  Drain them really well, then add to your pan.

[moroccangirl]

Just boil the noodles as you normally would boil noodles.  Drain them really well, then add to your pan.

I'll do that next time. I was scared to overcook them so I just did the boiling water in a bowl. That didn't work.