Drunken Noodles - Pad Kee Mao
Drunken Noodles, or Pad Kee Mao, is a popular Thai rice noodle stir-fry with chicken, Thai basil, and chilies.
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Ingredients
Chicken Marinade
- 12 oz boneless skinless chicken thighs (or breast, thinly sliced)
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce (dark or black)
Noodles
- 8 oz noodle
Sauce
- 1 \( \frac{1}{2} \) teaspoons brown sugar (dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water)
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce (Thai soy sauce preferred)
- 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- Pinch ground white pepper
Aromatics & Vegetables
- 3 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil (divided)
- 5 cloves garlic (sliced)
- \( \frac{1}{2} \) white onion (sliced)
- 8 oz white mushroom (sliced)
- 1 cup holy basil or Thai basil (loosely packed)
- 2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine
Instructions
- Work the 2 tablespoons of water into the sliced chicken with your hands until the chicken absorbs the liquid. Add the cornstarch, oil, and soy sauce, and mix until the chicken is evenly coated. Set aside for 20 minutes.
- Cook noodles and set aside.
- Stir together the dissolved brown sugar mixture, soy sauces, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and white pepper in a small bowl and set aside.
- Heat your wok until close to smoking, and spread 2 tablespoons of oil around the perimeter. Add the chicken and sear for 1 minute on each side until cooked. Remove from the wok and set aside. (If anything stuck to the wok, clean it so the rice noodles don’t stick).
- With the wok on high heat, add 1 tablespoon of oil along with the white onion, and mushroom.
- Add garlic until fragrant.
- Add Shaoxing wine and stir-fry for 10 seconds.
- Add the noodles. Stir-fry for 1 minute until the noodles warm up.
- Add the prepared sauce mixture and stir-fry at the highest heat for about 1 minute until the noodles are uniform in color (scrape the bottom of the wok with a spatula to prevent sticking).
- Add the seared chicken back in, stir-fry for another 1 to 2 minutes, and serve!