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The following recipe can be made to be very spicy, if you like, but the cheap aspect depends on how much tamarind paste, fish sauce, etc. cost in your area:
http://chezpim.typepad.com/blogs/2007/01/pad_thai_for_be.html
I substitute tamarind concentrate for the tamarind paste she calls for, and it sounds like you can use brown sugar instead of palm sugar.
kathryn at 1:21AM on 02/11/09
just the recipe i would've recommended !
tiffanybite at 1:38AM on 02/11/09
Yup, chez has a great recipe. There is a video available from thaifoodtonight.com that is very helpful as well.
finsbigfan at 8:54AM on 02/11/09
Alton Brown did a Pad Thai recipe on an episode of "Good Eats", I'm sure you could find it at his web site or the foodtv.com site.
dmcavanagh at 9:58AM on 02/11/09
I don't know about "cheap" and Pad Thai. With all the ingredients, I don't really know how to make it good and cheap. I use the America's Test Kitchen recipe from "The Best Recipe" and it's great.
lo82070 at 11:34AM on 02/11/09
Pad Thai Recipe
Ingredients
1 16 oz. pkg. of thin spaghetti
1/4 C. soy sauce
3 Tbs. chili sauce
1 Tbs. sugar
3/4 C. water
3 Tbs. oil
1 red pepper, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Tbs. peeled, grated ginger root
1 bunch green onions, chopped, reserve 1/4 C. for garnish
2 large eggs, beaten
2 C. washed bean sprouts
1 small tomato, cut in wedges
1 C. chopped dry roasted peanuts
1 Tbs. cilantro, chopped
Crushed red pepper (optional)
Lime wedges
Directions
Cook spaghetti. Set aside, but keep warm. It a small bowl, combine soy sauce, chili sauce, sugar and water. Set aside. Add olive oil to skillet and cook pepper, garlic, ginger and onions over medium heat for about 7 minutes or until tender and browned. Push the vegetables to the side of the skillet, and in the same pan over medium heat, add eggs. Cook until set, but moist, then mix in vegetables, bean sprouts and soy mixture. Heat to boiling. Add spaghetti and tomato and toss to coat with sauce. Heat through. Spoon spaghetti onto platter and sprinkle peanuts, green onions, cilantro, red pepper on top. Garnish with lime wedges.
Yield: 6 servings
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 1:04PM on 02/11/09
spaghetti? the whole joy of pad thai is the rice noodles...
blizcheetah at 11:36PM on 02/11/09