Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mao) (spicy stir fried rice noodles with herbs)

Drunken Noodles (Guay Tiaw Pad Kee Mao)

in Chicken, Fish & Seafood, Main, Noodles, Pork, Recipe, Stir Fried, Vegetarian

Sauce (Make about 2 portions)

  • 2 Tbsp oyster sauce (or soy sauce for vegetarian option)
  • 1 Tbsp light soy sauce
  •  ½ Tbsp fish sauce (or Golden Mountain or Maggi seasoning sauce for vegetarian option)
  • 2 Tbsp dark soy sauce

Ingredients (Make about 1 portion)

  • 1 cup rice noodles,flat wide strips (Sen Yai in Thai)
  • 2 Cloves garlic
  • 1-5 Bird’s eye chilis (1 for mild spicy, 5 for normal Thai spicy :-D)
  • 1/2 cup Chicken, or pork, or mixed seafood, or tofu, cut into strips or small pieces
  • 1 cup Chinese broccolli (Gai Lan) or kale, chopped
  • 2-3 Tbs the sauce mixture
  • 2 teaspoons white sugar
  • 1- 2 sticks key ginger (finger root, lesser ginger, Kra Chai in Thai), thinly sliced
  • 1-2 inch stems green peppercorns (or just seeds, as you like)
  • A handful holy basil leaves, chopped roughly if they’re larger than thumbprint
  • 1-2 young kafir lime leaves, torn into pieces

Directions

  1. Combine all sauce ingredients together and stir to mix well.
  2. Pound in mortar (or crush and chopped together roughly) garlic and chilli.
  3. Heat 1 Tbsp of the vegetable oil in a wok or a large non-stick sauté pan over medium-high heat. When hot, add the garlic and chilli, fry until almost turn golden brown, then add the meat. Stir well and make sure all pieces are separated and charred on the pan (not sticking together).
  4. Add vegetable, toss until mostly coated with oil. About 1 minute.
  5. Add the noodles and couple of table spoons of sauce, and sprinkle the sugar all over the noodles, stir well and make sure all the noodles are coated with the sauce.
  6. When all mixed well and the noodles got charred here and there, add the key giner, young peppercorn, toss well for a minute.
  7. Add holy basil leaves and kafir lime leave and toss well. Remove fromheat and serve.
  8. If you’re worried about overcooking the chicken breast strips, you can cook the chicken strips in hot oil first, remove the cooked chicken, and toss it back in the frying noodles before adding the key ginger and peppercorn.