Okinawan-Style Pad Thai

Recipesfull introduces to you: Chicken Recipes. (Okinawan-Style Pad Thai). This is a famous dish popularized in Thailand. Although the recipe varies from cook to cook and region to region, this is a good attempt at recreating what I ate from Thai-owned hole-in-the-wall restaurants in Okinawa, Japan. Key to the flavor are the sugar levels, unsalted peanuts, peanut oil, and either oyster or fish sauce.

Brief

Prep 10 mins

Cook: 20 mins

Additional: 10 mins

Total: 40 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

Okinawan-Style Pad Thai

Ingredients

½ cup rice wine vinegar

½ cup white sugar

¼ cup oyster sauce

2 tablespoons tamarind pulp

1 (12 ounce) package dried rice noodles

cold water

as needed

½ cup peanut oil

4 eggs

1 ½ teaspoons minced garlic

12 ounces chicken breast

cut into 1/2-inch strips

1 ½ tablespoons white sugar

or more to taste

1 ½ teaspoons salt

1 ½ cups dry-roasted

unsalted peanuts

1 ½ teaspoons dried ground Asian radish

1 teaspoon chili powder

or more to taste

½ cup chopped fresh chives

2 cups fresh bean sprouts

1 lime

cut into wedges

Dinner

Directions

Step 1

Whisk together rice wine vinegar 1/2 cup sugar oyster sauce and tamarind pulp in a saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves about 5 minutes; remove from heat and set aside.

Step 2

Place rice noodles in a large bowl and pour enough cold water to cover noodles. Allow to soften about 10 minutes. Drain.

Step 3

Heat peanut oil in a wok or large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir eggs and garlic in hot oil until eggs are softly cooked 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 4

Stir chicken and noodles into eggs and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear about 5 minutes.

Step 5

Pour rice wine vinegar sauce 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt into the noodle mixture.

Step 6

Stir peanuts ground radish and chili powder into noodle mixture; cook until peanuts soften slightly about 5 minutes. Add more sugar or chili powder if desired.

Step 7

Remove from heat and toss chives with noodle mixture. Top with bean sprouts and garnish with lime wedges.

Nutritional Information

Okinawan-Style Pad Thai

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 596.7

% Daily Value *

Protein: 21.1g 42%

Carbohydrates: 61.6g 20%

Dietary Fiber: 4.1g 16%

Sugars: 17.5g

Fat: 31g 48%

Saturated Fat: 5.3g 27%

Cholesterol: 117.2mg 39%

Vitamin A Iu: 366.6IU 7%

Niacin Equivalents: 12mg 92%

Vitamin B6: 0.3mg 21%

Vitamin C: 8mg 13%

Folate: 75.7mcg 19%

Calcium: 60.4mg 6%

Iron: 2.2mg 12%

Magnesium: 77.3mg 28%

Potassium: 402mg 11%

Sodium: 635.3mg 25%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 20%

Calories From Fat: 279

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.