Make only if you like rice noodles with garlic and lime


JULY 17TH, 08

RECIPE

Ingredients
Lime, 1/2
Egg, 1
Fish sauce, 4 tsp
Garlic, 3 cloves minced
Shalot, 1 minced (or sub with equal amount of onion)
Sugar, 2 tbsp
Tamarind, 2 tbsp (sub with 1 tbsp white vinger & more lime)
Rice noodles, 2 cups softened (soak in lukewarm water or boil)
Shrimp, 1/2 cup
Bean sprouts, 1/2 cup
Extra-firm tofu, 1/2 cup
Peanuts, 2 tbsp crushed

1. Heat oil on fry heat
2. Roast onions till light brown and remove
3. Add shallot, garlic and tofu and fry till they brown lightly
4. Add tamarind, sugar, fish sauce and keep tossing
5. Crack the egg into the wok and scramble it into the noodles
6. Add shrimp and toss for a about 1-2min
7. Add bean sprouts and toss for 1-2min
8. Pour into plate and add peanuts for serving

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The website claims this is the recipe to authentic pad thai. So either the tamarind makes a world of a difference, or I don't like true pad thai. It tastes very different from the pad thai I've tried (and liked).

This dish was okay, tasted bland-ish except for the garlic and lime taste, but it's not something I would make again.

Just one tip on softening the rice noodles; if boiling them be very careful not to overboil or it becomes too sticky.

A bunch of my ex-floormates and I made this for dinner, so the credit does not only go to me! And I'm not saying the noodles are bad, just not to my tastet. I (alone) also tried to make lemon chicken but that was a serious, serious fail. Just like this recipe, it tasted okay, but not like lemon chicken. So no picture. No recipe. Too ugly. Yeah, today was a bad cooking day for me. The only thing that turned out right was the Fried Mars Bar and it was a heart attack getting there

VERDICT: FAILED

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