Pad Thai-Style Instant Noodles

Joshua Weissman thinks outside the box (literally) when it comes to instant ramen.

Prep
10 minutes
Cook
10 minutes
Total
20 minutes
Serves
1
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Pad Thai-Style Instant Noodles
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Ingredients

Pad Thai Sauce:

  • 2 oz (56g) tamarind pulp
  • ½ cup (118ml) boiling water
  • 3 Tbsp (35g) palm sugar, grated
  • 2 Tbsp (30ml) fish sauce
  • 1 Tbsp (15ml) Thai black soy sauce

Pad Thai:

  • 4 packs OH! Ricey instant Pho rice noodles (use all the noodles and spice packets)
  • ½ lb (227g) chicken breast, thinly sliced
  • 2 tsp (10ml) Thai sweet soy sauce
  • 1 tsp (5.69g) cornstarch
  • 1 tsp (5.69g) ground white pepper
  • ⅓ cup (35g) small dried shrimp, ground to powder
  • 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • 2 shallots, thinly sliced
  • 1 ½ Tbsp (22.5g) finely minced Zha Cai (optional but necessary)
  • 3 large eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup (202g) mung bean sprouts
  • ¼-½ cup (25g) Chinese garlic chives, chopped
  • 4 Tbsp (56g) roasted peanuts, finely chopped
  • 2 limes, cut for serving
  • Kosher salt, to taste

Directions

Pad Thai Sauce:

  1. In a small bowl, cover tamarind pulp with boiling water and mix until combined and rehydrated.  Press through a mesh sieve into a medium mixing bowl. 
  2. To the same medium mixing bowl containing the tamarind, add palm sugar, fish sauce, and black soy. Whisk until incorporated.

Pad Thai:

  1. Place dried shrimp into the food processor and process at high speed into a powder.
  2. Cook the Pho Noodles to package directions, with the seasoning packets, then drain and set aside.
  3. Slice chicken breasts into ⅓” slices. In a sheet pan or bowl, toss together with kosher salt, ground white pepper and cornstarch. Add soy sauce and toss together.
  4. In a large wok over high heat, add vegetable oil. Add the chicken once shimmering, spreading out to sear and get color on one side, about 2-3 minutes. Stir fry to cook through another 2 minutes and set to the side.
  5. Add more oil to the wok over medium-high. Once very hot, add in shallots and stir fry 2-3 minutes. Add in garlic, zha cai, and shrimp powder, stir frying another 2-3 minutes.
  6. Add in the noodles followed by the pad thai sauce. Increase heat to high and stir vigorously until fully incorporated.
  7. Reduce heat to medium-high. Push noodles to one side, add in beaten eggs, and let cook for 30 seconds before scrambling.
  8. Toss eggs with noodles and add in Chinese garlic chives, mung bean sprouts, and cooked chicken. Stir fry until chives begin to wilt.
  9. Remove from heat. Plate with crushed peanuts, fresh mung bean sprouts, and lime wedges. Serve and enjoy.