Little tips from a Thai guy. Fry thin slice shallot and add it to the sauce. This is one of the sources of Pad Thai aroma, together with fish sauce and tamarind.

@TheSlavChef

3 жыл бұрын

Shallot makes wonders with almost anything!

@supakritpulmanausahakul1650

3 жыл бұрын

หวัดดีคับ

@miqerman

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm nice

@IdeaStudioBKK

3 жыл бұрын

And don't add ketchup. 555+

@tanakitpuriso8737

3 жыл бұрын

หวัดดีครับ

As an Asian dude one of the biggest mistakes I see people make when trying to stir fry is giant portion sizes. Stir fry is all about high heat and fast cooking, which keeps everything as flavorful as possible. Great video Adam.

@mattwilson7443

3 жыл бұрын

isn't that a major benefit of cooking with a wok?

@mattwilson7443

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanl5527 thank you for the thorough explanation. I've learn something today. Also that dudes technique is killer!

@mmummumm

3 жыл бұрын

Just made Adam's Pad Thai and absolutely nailed it except for one thing: the colors. Chicken turned out too white and whitened the rest of the dish. I think it was definitely because of this, a big portion, not so thin chicken chunks and a not so big non-stick pan. Next time I'll keep it tiny, thanks for the input!

@ethanl5527

3 жыл бұрын

@Stavex Yeah if your portion sizes are too big you end up steaming your dish.

@diehlr

3 жыл бұрын

One of my friends is half asian. Her idea of stir fry is loading a fry pan with a couple of inches of food and simmering for 20 minutes. Apparently the half asian she is doesn't involve cooking!

I used to own a restaurant in Thailand. Thais don't prep the noodles with hot water at all. They set them in cold water and let them soak for hours. The noodles absorb water, soften, and go into a fried dish soft but slightly firm. The cooking does the rest, and the noodles taste and "mouth" feel right.

@bocahdongo7769

3 жыл бұрын

It is still normal to soak the noodle in hot water, atleast in SEA. Less glassy, but still fine

@edcastillo4456

3 жыл бұрын

@@bocahdongo7769, I'm not Thai, but I've been cooking Pad Thai since 1985, before most of America knew about Thai food. I learned by asking the cook, a Thai immigrant, at a local Thai restaurant in the Los Angeles area at the time. Soak noodles in cold water. Hot water will change the texture and make it very different from cold soaked noodles. Sure, it's still edible if soaked in hot water, but the "bite" of the noodle is not the same. I'll trust and stay with a Thai native.

@dylanw8823

3 жыл бұрын

@@edcastillo4456 How long to soak in cold water?

@GrizzlyHemlock

3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanw8823 Several hours, you can put them in the night before or in the morning to use at night, and you can do a large quantity and just leave them there for days, ready to go for any fried noodle dish.

@eldoradocanyonro

3 жыл бұрын

Different types and brands of noodles react differently--follow the directions on the container they came in. Unless you make your own, in which case you probably aren't reading this anyway.

PSA: if you are trying to make this recipe you should be aware the tamarind concentrate Adam uses is about 2-6 times as strong as every other purée, extract, concentrate on the market. To give you a sense of this it has 31.25 grams of sugar per 100 grams however the next strongest has 11 grams per 100 grams thanks to how much the other brands dilute the mixtures. Please adjust your recipes accordingly e.g. I doubled/tripled up on mine and it worked quite well and my reproduction of this went from “nearly there but missing something” to bang on. 👍🏻

“Smells like feet, tastes like meat” is my new catchphrase.

@Buhnjj

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you are referring to your fish sauce

@notoriousb.o.g.9901

3 жыл бұрын

Please don’t make this a fetish.

@nashsok

3 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, this catchphrase works for actual feet as well!

@TheSlavChef

3 жыл бұрын

"wash these things" a wise Slav once said.

@hampustornros

3 жыл бұрын

Smells like feet, it is my meat.

“Smells like feet, taste like meat” is also accurate for actual feet.

@deadfr0g

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought this. Makes me feel a little less weird about eating feet.

@kingjames4886

2 жыл бұрын

KARL!!

@johnlucas6683

2 жыл бұрын

Oof!

@cardduz6958

2 жыл бұрын

For my pp aswell

@DMSProduktions

2 жыл бұрын

Smells like arse more like!

hi adam, i just wanted to say thank you for your recipes! im autistic and i have trouble with food (sensory issues), but ive found that eating healthy amounts is a lot easier when it's food that i've cooked myself, and i've gotten super into cooking thanks to your videos. this pad thai recipe has been a recent fixation of mine, i've found that it's a lot more convenient to soak the noodles in cold water at the beginning so that i can do all my prep while the noodles soak. it's usually perfect timing for getting the noodles to that parboiled level of softness (although i usually only make one portion, i don't think it'd work as well for multiple portions since the noodles would keep getting softer) & i rinse the noodles once in tap water to make them less sticky in the pan. i've tried using different ingredients and veggies like bok choy, enoki mushrooms and thinly sliced carrots and it's helped me start eating more types of ingredients as well, because i like the process of trying out new recipes enough to step out of my comfort zone w/ textures and tastes :) thank you adam!

@jxff2000

Жыл бұрын

I’m autistic as well; my special interest is food and cooking, and ironically enough, I’m a self professed home cook with gut issues 😅😂

@voryndagoth404

Жыл бұрын

yooo same? im autistic and adam ragusea helped teach me better cooking technqiues and generally made me develop a special interest in cooking. my mom now always asks me to make his irish pot roast recipe :]

@waterbaby3

10 ай бұрын

Autistics unite!! 💪🏾 Same. I wish every KZread recipe was as descriptive and literal as Adams

Perfect for single people with not much time to cook, faster than ordering food, for sure. Not too unhealthy, thank you for this recipe!

“I know exactly what he's talking about. I sprout mung beans on a damp paper towel in my desk drawer. Very nutritious, but they smell like death.”

@chillchill2779

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Creed

@heyreeen

3 жыл бұрын

That's the distinct old man smell.

@SiccazHD

3 жыл бұрын

Thought the excact same thing 😂

@LadyPisces96

3 жыл бұрын

Great quote 👏🏻 👏🏻 😂 😂

Adam, months ago you gave us a brief glimpse into the depression you experienced while in Rochester. On my bad days, your story sticks with me and gives me strength. It does get better. Thank you.

@nikosfilipino

3 жыл бұрын

What episode was that?

@eschlerc

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikosfilipino The episode about him being the Mariah Carey chord guy

@eristheslayer

3 жыл бұрын

@@eschlerc that's by far my favorite non food video

@dekudude8888

3 жыл бұрын

@@eristheslayer That one and the Jani Lane video are very good

@bensoncheung2801

3 жыл бұрын

All I remember from that episode is that he supports Mariah Carey for a pretty good reason.

Adam, your style of adapting dishes to be cooked realistically in a 'restricted' environment is great. I currently have a very tiny japanese kitchen and it's even more restricted, but this is one of your videos I can follow!

you just got the sub from me. No overproduced set, not cheesy royalty free music, no unneeded banter about how it's your great grandmother's favorite recipe. This is how these kind of videos should be done.

Honestly would recommend a neutral oil or peanut oil for Pad Thai. Adam is Italian so he probably barely notices the strong flavour olive oil has.

@santouchesantouche2873

3 жыл бұрын

The Thais use a lot of oil in this dish tbh. I am partial to olive oil taste compared to others but I think mostly it's a health thing. Olive oil is healthier than seed oils

@blackmber

3 жыл бұрын

I find myself editing olive oil out of a lot of recipes. It’s so popular but for the price I’d rather use it where the flavour is part of the dish instead of competing with it.

@skinnylegend-7330

3 жыл бұрын

i agree, the smoke point is also low which can make it unideal for stir frying but it seems to work well enough in this recipe

@santouchesantouche2873

3 жыл бұрын

@@skinnylegend-7330 I actually think it's a myth about olive oils smoke point. It's higher than we think. It's high water content is what we see burn off not smoke.

@eldoradocanyonro

3 жыл бұрын

@@santouchesantouche2873 Depends. Regular Olive Oil is around 350 or higher. Extra Virgin is down in the 200s (Fahrenheit)

"Time for the mother and child reunion!" Me: 😶

@CultureStress

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully this means we've got an oyakodon video coming soon....yummy

@adams3616

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah...

@vincentbecker7850

3 жыл бұрын

Yep time for all of you to go vegan

@CultureStress

3 жыл бұрын

@@vincentbecker7850 I tried...does not work for my brain/body system, unfortunately.

@TheSlavChef

3 жыл бұрын

This what I say when I am making chicken with eggs.

What I love the most about Adam’s videos is they don’t just teach you recipes, they teach you techniques and WHY you use them.

Seeing Adam cook Thai food makes me soooo happy. And the fact that he mentions that the Thai-American version is sweeter is absolutely spot on lol. this is the kind of pad thai you get outside Thailand. It's not 100% authentic but it's pretty good!

@letschan4162

3 жыл бұрын

I find pad thai in the USA alot less sweet than the one in Thailand lol

@WeeTheDuck

Жыл бұрын

@@letschan4162 yeah many Thai streetfood vendors cook super super sweet. A good padthai place wouldn't be that way though. It's just easier and cheaper to cook a sweet padthai rather than a savory one. p.s. As a tip, shrimp fat is the hidden key in making the best padthai. Go wild

“Smells like feat, tastes like meat” It’s either the quarantine or the fan base, it’s getting to him.

@Serpentrose

3 жыл бұрын

Probably a bit of both.

@trollinape2697

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like a fetish

@inlandthempire.6932

3 жыл бұрын

What's really getting me is your spelling of feet

@trollinape2697

3 жыл бұрын

@@inlandthempire.6932 wtf I just realised

@alandoane9168

3 жыл бұрын

@@inlandthempire.6932 Yeah WTF?

*Dear Adam* Firstly I want to say how much I appreciate that while you cook your meal EXACTLY how YOU want to eat it, all of your known variations of the meal are listed for (vegan, vegetarian, low-fat/carb/sugar/calorie) dieting people. And I think it’s awesome that if you don’t have this not-too-typical ingredient BOOM “Worcestershire sauce.” It’s something I think, that not a lot of people really express, and I’ve seen family members at gatherings have to skip a meal because they weren’t thought about, or simply weren’t able to eat it because (some medical or dietary reason here) And the fact that you say oh if you can’t eat this animal because this animal is sacred, here’s your sweet sweet substitute, and then you’d go on to say that it’s different, but it isn’t worse or better, or why you’d choose this over that. It makes each and every video you make so miuch more entertaining, and enjoyable to watch and listen to, especially when you’ve gone so far out of your way just to provide *QUALITY AUDIO* just to top it all off. You truly are an amazing human, teacher, and father. As a fellow dad I can tell you that your kids, your family, and your students appreciate you and love you as much (and more) as your faithful audience. Have a great weekend Thank you so much Adam. *-Austin, AKA, Tacospaceman* Ps. 😂 “smells like feet, tastes like meat” a very unusual expression for me to hear, Followed by “hear comes the mother and child reunion” tasty, but possibly a distasteful way to put it 😂 still Bravo 10/10 video. I’ll be sure to get all the ingredients and forget to try making it while they spoil in my kitchen ❤️ peace I’ll see you in the next upload lol. Edit: *it’s been 2 months since writing this, and I Did, totally forget to make it. And when I remembered I did get the ingredients, and some did spoil. HERES TO ATTEMPT #2*

@Nickgurrgta

3 жыл бұрын

Mate how much time did that take to write u

@phoenixboygaming9981

3 жыл бұрын

That's a whole essay I'm impressed

@Tinil0

3 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, the mother and child thing is common. I know Japanese has Oyakodon, 親 or "oya" of course meaning "parent" and 子, "ko", meaning "child". It's a chicken and egg rice bowl (Hence the 丼, or bowl at the end)

@Tacospaceman

3 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixboygaming9981 thanks. It was at most 1 page, but it’s how I feel, and even if he doesn’t see it, I wanted to write him a little letter any way :)

@Tacospaceman

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nickgurrgta like 20 minutes? Idk. But it’s not about the length of the comment. It’s about sending a message. Literally.

I am SO happy you talked about this! People have this horrible misconception that a jet engine and a wok are necessary for wok dishes, and I've been unsuccessfully trying to tell them that you can do ALL of that just as well with small portions, a stove on high, and a little bit of time to let the pan warm up and store a bit of energy.

Pad Thai is like Carbonara - both dishes are not overly complex but people can have very strong opinions on how it should be made. Also, worcestershire sauce is a real unsung hero in Asian cooking, it's so versatile!

@taiwandxt6493

7 ай бұрын

I mean, to be fair he's not claiming it's authentic.

Sees the title......MMMMMMMMMM - Great topic to accomplish the impossible at home!

@TheSlavChef

3 жыл бұрын

Adam makes the impossible possible!

@ee4396

3 жыл бұрын

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@PlanetComputer

3 жыл бұрын

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@MsHackthat

3 жыл бұрын

Take it from me. Ive used to work at 3 different thai restaurant. Just use this. Chicken stock, fish sauce, pumpkin sauce, chilli sauce. You could add soy sauce for colour and a little bit of lime juice, a little bit of sugar. Thats the base at least. Add your greens, although here in bordering malaysian region, we use bitter, leafy greens and the sprout of mung beans.

@suedeB05

3 жыл бұрын

I mean there never was nor is there anything impossible about this. What a dumb comment

Why does he rhyme everything in this video. It’s amazing.

@hongdekong

3 жыл бұрын

A nod to chef john?

I was instantly inspired by this despite not having the right ingredients at home. I used Worcestershire because I wasn't leaving to get something that smells like feet until the weekend. I also added some Red Curry Paste and smoked paprika. The package of noodles said "Stir Fry" but I can't remember what they were exactly. Thick yummy noodle is all my brain can remember. Red bell peppers, loads of green onion whites, a good squeeze of lime juice, along with enough garlic and ginger to make my wife demand I eat in the other room. I literally wept when eating my strange home-made dish because the umami was beyond anything I've ever tasted (thank you natural msg in my tomato paste). Thank you Adam for showing me something that inspired my new favorite at home meal.

I've done variations of this recipe probably 10 times the last 2 weeks and I love it! I can now make pad Thai from thought to fork in less than 15 minutes! Keep it up with the effective recipes!

I remember some years ago I commented on your video asking to make Pad Thai and you said that you’d love to but it’s too difficult. Today marks a happy day in history

"Say grace before eating, Timmy." "We thank thee, Lord, for this our food. And the sponsor of this dinner, Fetch Rewards!"

Made this for the first time tonight Adam, and family was very impressed. I followed your directions extra carefully and made sure to do all my prep before, and let me tell you, cooking that fast and that hot is SCARY (not like that I’m in danger but that my poor food is 😂) but I managed to pull it off first try and it came out DELICIOUS!!! The best part of this recipe is that you can use entirely Western kitchen staple ingredients for the sauce and have it still taste different from everything else you cook! The only things you have to buy special are really the rice noodles, which are shelf stable! Often with Asian recipes, I find myself buying all sorts of sauce ingredients and/or vegetables that I would never use in my day-to-day kitchen, and those types of foods go bad before I get around to using them sometimes. This recipe, if I keep around sone noodles, I could whip up even on a night when I don’t have much in the pantry (minus the bean sprouts perhaps)!! Anyway, I will DEFINITELY be making this again, I’m already craving it after having dinner earlier tonight 😂😂😂 Thank you!!!

thanks for the easy substitute ingredients actually, most other cooking channels would list 400 fancy ingredients and provide absolutely no substitutes and go like "no you CANNOT replace this. the WORLD WILL LITERALLY EXPLODE if you replace this"

When he was saying "and grab the water... " around 8:52, I thought he was being sarcastic and was gonna add white wine XD

@HavenarcBlogspotJcK

3 жыл бұрын

Im thai and i was like : "oh no dont even fkn think about it" when that happen

This man like 70% of the time posts the exact recipe I'm thinking about trying to make at home. Right on time again!

“Mother and child reunion, one chicken breast” I was not expecting that

@InvaderAlex22

3 жыл бұрын

You should look up the Japanese ricebowl dish oyakodon

Hey Adam, think you could make a video about what's up with microwaves and why people like Ramsay seem to hate them? Or maybe a look into the history of them could be pretty interesting. Keep up the good work!

@carsonagar3987

2 жыл бұрын

They were invented to humanely heat up hamsters 👍

@carsonagar3987

2 жыл бұрын

@moon butter yeah, in the 1950’s scientists were experimenting with freezing something to death and heating back up again to see what would happen

"Mother and child reunion" - so, when's your oyakodon video? :p

It's like Adam never saw the movie "Mean Girls" because he keeps trying to make Fetch happen...

@rashoietolan3047

3 жыл бұрын

I called Blockbuster on my blackberry. They are no longer carrying that movie on vhs!!!

@mattkim96

3 жыл бұрын

@RASHO IE'TOLAN what? Mean girls is a pretty modern movie (2006), neither niche nor old enough to be devoid of a pop culture reference.

@chandlerbryant6680

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattkim96 it's 17 years old. Back when our parents played us stuff from the 80s. we called them classics. It was the 2000s. This lacks 3 years from being in that category.

@muhilan8540

3 жыл бұрын

@@chandlerbryant6680 it's still widely referenced today

@chandlerbryant6680

3 жыл бұрын

@@muhilan8540 not really no

I made this and it turned out AMAZING! One key is definitely to do it your own way! Add as many mung bean sprouts as you want. My dad likes a lot. Probably even more than Adam. And for sauce, make it taste how you want. Adam mentioned this-- just play around with different things until you like it! For me, I wanted a lot more soy sauce and you gotta be careful with the fish sauce, its a lot stronger once you cook it. Add peanuts-- or not. I loved them, my sister hated it. Just do what you like. We did tofu, fried it off the same way he did chicken. It was great. Great recipe again Adam

The non-sped-up 3 minutes of the pad thai, with the awkward pauses, reminds me so much of the pizza and lasagna video and the other really old videos. It's nice to see how much you have grown over the last couple of years, keep it up :)

This video is a goldmine for all the Adam Ragusea YTPs floating around youtube rn

Really loved the real-time cooking there, would love to see it in future videos as well!

A mixed a tablespoon of peanut butter with the sauce because I didn’t have peanuts, and it turned out so good!

@pippywondergirl

2 жыл бұрын

that sounds fire

Cooking pad Thai in individual small portions was one of the most important aspects of cooking it at home that I ever discovered. I was quite pleased with myself to see you started the video with the same finding.

Adam : traditional way of cooking pad thai noodle is to let them seep in boiled water from kettle. Me as a Thai : *straight away throw the raw noodle in the pan*

@dasungeheuer3873

3 жыл бұрын

Cold Water = Firm Noodles Warm Water = Soft Noodles

@IMJwhoRU

3 жыл бұрын

Do you just add more water to cook the noodles?

@EXkurodaigo666

3 жыл бұрын

@@IMJwhoRU Yeah but not so much water, just about 1-2 cup of it

@EXkurodaigo666

3 жыл бұрын

@ཏྦཱལ་ག་པོ། some people here would actually soak it too but only in room temp. water.

@randodox8375

3 жыл бұрын

We be doing it like that, u just straight up put that shit into the wok xD

made this with your tricks & substitutions tonight, made my whole family very happy! thanks Adam

Right on! Using half bean sprouts half noodles really is one of those tricks that, once you try it, you’ll wonder why you weren’t doing it years ago. It helps keep the noodles from clumping up into the tangled brick shape you get in some takeout orders. Which is a texture and aesthetic some people like more than others, but for me, that’s easy to get somewhere else. I’m generally looking for a less clumpy finished product.

Just tried this recipe, turned out so good! The technique is everything. I can see this being a weekly thing. Thank you!

Chicken plus eggs: "Mother and Child reunion". That was a nice one.

Thanks Adam, I followed approximately 30% of the instructions and used about 30% of the ingredients and it still turned out great!

Thank you for being so descriptive and literal, and for explaining why and why not to do certain things. Really appreciate this

Really great demonstration! I've completely failed at Pad Thai every time I've tried to make it. Making one portion at a time as you do here makes a lot of sense. Since each is so quick, unless you're feeding a crowd, it shouldn't be a problem. I can't wait to try this!

@sid6645

Жыл бұрын

So how did it go? I'm planning on trying this myself, so I wonder how the recipe is.

Seeing the food of my country being represent is always flattering, also about the sauce part, if I were you I would just skip the tamarind thingy and go full ketchup, and personally I think the defining taste of Pad Thai is from the sugar and crushed peanut

@nikosfilipino

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, ive never heard of a pad thai recipe that didnt have either tamarind or pickled ginger in it

@letschan4162

3 жыл бұрын

Could also just use peanut butter as the sauce

@SW4GK1NG

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikosfilipino I mean, if you are not trying to be authentic then you could have just skip the tamarind in my opinion, flavor-wise it should still be similar

@dusscode

2 жыл бұрын

@@SW4GK1NG highly doubt it would be similar.

@raerohan4241

Жыл бұрын

@@dusscode Ketchup (and tomatoes in general) aren't ingredients traditionally added to pad Thai. Ketchup is used in American pad Thai recipes as a substitute for tamarind, because it used to be much harder to obtain in America. If you want to try as best you can for authenticity, use the tamarind and skip the ketchup entirely. I have no idea why the original commenter suggested the opposite - if you can get the tamarind, that should be the ingredient you opt for, unless you prefer the American-style version. Also, you can skip the ginger, as it's also not part of traditional pad Thai. Don't boil the rice noodles either - soak them in water for about 15-20 minutes and they're good to fry. You can leave them longer if you need to, it can vary by brand.

Hey Adam! Can you do a video on making soft pretzels? 🥨

@ruslansdoor6486

3 жыл бұрын

That is a very good idea

@speedygod4446

3 жыл бұрын

Nice idea!

@jakewilliams5744

3 жыл бұрын

And cheese sauce

@dpofahl

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!! I second this!!

this is one of the best instructional videos I've ever seen! everything is so clear!

This is one of my absolutely favorite recipes that you've made. So fun to make and nearly everything in here I can pull out of my garden!

I love the real-time section. It actually puts some confidence in me

Made this tonight, it was absolutely amazing and super quick for a weeknight meal

This is what is love about this channel, quick, informative and easy to follow cocking videos

Adam, I’ve been doing my stir frys recently in a cast iron Dutch oven. I can charge it up with a ton of heat, the thing will pretty much cook the whole meal with the burner off (I’m exaggerating) I then slide everything under the broiler for 4 minutes at the end to get a little extra char. I’ve never cooked with tamarind, next tine I’m at the Asian market I’ll probably grab some. P.s. Lad Nar is my go to Thai dish. Thanks for all the great content, you keep making it I’ll keep watching it.

As a Thai, I want to explain that even Thai people not everybody can cook pad Thai because it is a very complicated dish especially the source. This simplified version is something like cooking NY pizza with swiss cheese lol, but don't get me wrong here I also use tomato concentration dilute with water instead of tomato Purée because that is what I can found at my foreign grocery. I also believe in his pinciple which is "make foods as you like".

@bocahdongo7769

3 жыл бұрын

Ketchup is surprisingly also a good substitute for tomate paste.

There's a variation of this is Thailand called 'Pad Thai Gung Sod' which is basically Pad Thai with river prawns 🍤 To Adam: You did really well with the noodles despite craking them 🍜

This was a delicious meal. I would highly recommend it. It's quick and easy for my family of 3 and everyone can be ready to eat in about 5 minutes

Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed the video and the recipe, will try this soon.

“Time for the mother and child reunion” hahahahaha! 😂

I agree with your portion sized cooking for stir fry! I've never had Pad Thai with ginger and think it would make it too Chinese tasting. I've always had Pad Thai with fried tofu and shrimp. My trick which I figured out from may favourite Pad Thai ever (From The Bamboo Club in Toronto - chef Wandi Young) was of course to have the noodles in cold water for at least an hour prior to the meal. Once it was go time I drain the noodles and add a tablespoon of Thai Chili sauce. Stir it in and it gives the noodles a fresh red colour and some heat. Tweak the heat with roasted chilis as garnish. Pad Thai is a top ten dish for me, it's not hard to make you just have to be a mise en place kinda cook! I enjoyed your tweaks, thanks for the great video!

I made this tonight. I was a little hesitant on the ketchup in the sauce but, you know what, it works!! It just made a single portion so i cut it in 1/2 and 2oz of noodles didn't seem like a whole lot. I was wrong. It made a rather large portion that i am sure would fill up anyone. That being said i would go with Adam's recommendation & cook 1 portion at a time. I used a large cast iron skillet & i think if i would have doubled the recipe and cooked it the same time it wouldn't have worked as well. I wanted to use the chile in the recipe that is optional but i couldn't find it in the 2 different grocery stores i went to. It looks like it was a fresno chile and i've seen them before but i think they might be a seasonal thing. So i could either use the 2 hot chiles that are always available: Jalapenos & Serranos. In the end I decided to just use a red bell pepper (ya i know no heat). I also don't boil rice noodles. Just soak them in tap water for 1 hour and perfect. No need to boil. Anyways I recommend this to anyone and for Thai food its is really easy (Thai food can be involved sometimes).

This pad thai looks great Adam! Has always been an intimidating dish for me to cook but you make it look so easy I think I'll try it again! Thank you!

I didn't have tamarind so used 2 tblsp worchetershire, juice of half a lime, shrimp instead of chicken, added thinly sliced sweet red pepper, and sirracha instead of the hot red pepper. Oh, was too lazy to do it twice so made the double size serving in one 'go' using a large frying pan. Turned out great! Will definitely make again. Thank you.

You are awesome Adam. I love pad thai and I am happy to see that you have found some of the same things that I have experienced (such as boiling the noodles instead of soaking). Will definitly try the addition of ketchup. I've used sweet chili sauce as well, which (unsurprisingly) works well too. I was a bit emotional tonight, but your enthusiasm always cheers me up. :)

I appreciate that you give advice to plant based foodies also. Love the channel!

Looks yummy. I ❤️pad Thai! Definitely going to try this recipe.

“The mother child reunion” is the most I’ve laughed at a cooking video in a long time. Probably since the Babish 4/20 video.

@bobthomas8342

3 жыл бұрын

It's a Paul Simon song. Allegedly saw it on the menu in a chinese restaurant.

@hbfdfgjcyk555

3 жыл бұрын

It's the name of a Japanese dish, oyakodon

@karaqakkzl

3 жыл бұрын

@@hbfdfgjcyk555 oyakodon Oya = parents Ko = child Don = dish, bowl

God bless you dude, I'm trying this tonight! 💝🙌

Stir fry is one of my favorite cooking methods, it’s very fast, fun, versatile and above all delicious.

This looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe. Can't wait to try it ✌🏻

Tofu is a really good addition too!

Hey Adam, could you do more Indian food recipes?

@chidambaranathans1975

3 жыл бұрын

Indians speak English ( I am an Indian ) I think Adam makes great recipes but if not you can definitely get Indian recipes from micillien star chefs. Check out "herbas kitchen"

@vaibhavjain5227

3 жыл бұрын

You should check out Ethan chlebowski! He has number of Indian food dishes.

@Granger744

3 жыл бұрын

@@vaibhavjain5227 +1 for Ethan. Great breakdown of technique and theory for Indian/Pakistani recipes.

@yoshitheshibainu8898

3 жыл бұрын

@@vaibhavjain5227 Yeah, he has a lot of good Indian recipes (I’m Indian myself haha)

@yoshitheshibainu8898

3 жыл бұрын

@@chidambaranathans1975 @bongeats also has a number of awesome recipes (imo)

Just made the recipe. Absolutely wonderful, thank you Adam! :)

Tried this and it worked out great. Thanks for doing all the work 🙌

Omgaawwd just tried it and it was sooooooo good!! I'm so freaking excited!! The only thing I did differently was I used Thai chili tips which made it spicy and delicious thank youuuuuu!!!!🤸‍♀️🎉🙌❤️😋

@7:45 just watch that seed jumping around like it's the star of the show!

@lambsaucefinder7407

28 күн бұрын

You know your pan is perfectly hot when the small things starts jumping! Learning from my experience.

The best pad Thai recipe for home cooking on the planet 👏🏻

This recipe worked fantastic. Thank you Adam.

Maybe now I understand how the Italians felt on the carbonara video 😆 I honestly recommend Hot Thai Kitchens recipe for Pad Thai instead. Chopped dried shrimp and thinly chopped shallots are so important for the flavor and aromatics!

@hhoi8225

3 жыл бұрын

Yes this makes me depressed

@Becky0494

3 жыл бұрын

Is there a comparable replacement for people allergic to shellfish?

@poom323

3 жыл бұрын

@@Becky0494 I don't know what can be replaced, but it's still fine and delicious even it doesn't has any shrimp.

@TooMuchGinger

3 жыл бұрын

@@Becky0494 The dried shrimp is there to provide a lot of umami flavor. MSG is a good way to introduce some umami into a dish. Not sure what the substitute would be exactly but you could play around with it! Maybe start with 1/8 a teaspoon of MSG and increase it if it's not enough. Another way could be to add some dried mushrooms, as they also provide some umami, but they could add a mushroomy flavor as well that might not be welcome to some.

@wendy1022

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation! I'm watching her video now. Looks great.

Adam either intentionally or unintentionally just smoked out Uncle Roger with the no-wok approach and will probably get at least 100k new subs in the next month.

@bocahdongo7769

3 жыл бұрын

We all know the no-work approach is the best approach in home kitchen

@thegoodgeneral

3 жыл бұрын

Chinese Cooking Demystified also stands by no-wok for a variety of Chinese cooking and they are a 100% more reliable Chinese cooking resource than Uncle Roger. Roger, to me, represents a sort of on-purpose ignorance, the kind of intentional obtuse adherence that I think Adam aims to dispel with his exploratory attitude.

@valhallakombi7239

3 жыл бұрын

@@thegoodgeneral Just so you know, his primary job is that of a comedian. I know people take it too far but I hate it when people consider him a chef. Chinese cooking demystified is obviously better than a comedian when it comes to food.

@thegoodgeneral

3 жыл бұрын

@@valhallakombi7239 yeah, that hasn’t gone over my head or anything. Nevertheless people cite him as a reliable resource, and like you I think that’s a little disheartening.

@brainwashingdetergent4322

3 жыл бұрын

He fak up

Yes! I was just thinking about how much I’d love to see your take on South East Asian dishes. Commenting before watching it but I’m seeing a frozen shot of noodles hitting the plate and I’m stoked.

your food looks so yummy and I love the way you showing the cooking in real-time :)

Adam and Joshua keep reading my mind with their recipes

"It helps to have a freshly sharpened knife for this", smooth, though surprised he didn't wink and link to his previous video!

I've been waiting for this video! Love pad Thai. Thank you!!

Just made it for lunch, and it was amazing, thank you!

The real-time part was so fun haha!

Thank you Adam for showing vegan alternatives and methods! It's usually really hard to learn from cooking videos while being vegan

@ollyfirth4641

3 жыл бұрын

cept for the advice for vegans didnt include telling them fish and worchester sauce is not vegan

@jonoc5

3 жыл бұрын

@@ollyfirth4641 you think vegans can’t grasp that a sauce made out of fish isn’t vegan?

@fruitylerlups530

3 жыл бұрын

U can get very excellent vegan fish sauces actually!!

@Orynae

3 жыл бұрын

@@ollyfirth4641 he mentioned the option of soy sauce instead of fish sauce "to make it meatless".

@jpaxonreyes

3 жыл бұрын

@@Orynae - It wouldn't be pad thai with soy sauce instead of fish sauce.

I can't wait to try this. I do have a wok, but a quick meal I can make for myself when I'm home alone. This right here is what I'm talking about!

Tried it tonight, my kids loved it! We did not had any peanuts and my wife suggested to use 1 TBS of crunchy peanut butter....it worked and made it, to my surprise, better! Thanks Adam

Did not know Worcestershire sauce contains tamarind! You can also try Jarritos soda cooked down, sweet tamarind sauce ready to go, doesn't even need the sugar.

@allenlutins

3 жыл бұрын

It also contains anchovies. Bit of Worcestershire sauce trivia: Lea & Perrins used to be made in the town where I grew up; the folks they sold their plant to sued them, because they couldn't get the fish smell out of the concrete walls!

'Smells like feet, tastes like meat'.....I'm still laughing 😅🤣😂

@simonandersson9179

3 жыл бұрын

Are you ok?

Beautiful. Everything you do is perfect

Adam love love love this, just made it & then cooked a second portion straight after! Its so good, tastes like ordering take-out

Finally, I won’t have to spend forever making pad Thai!

Adam is on a real roll right now. Churning out quality vids at a breakneck pace!

You have no idea how happy I was to see this! I actually just bought some tamarind paste so I can make South Indian food, and I was hoping that you could make that or Thai food because they have so much depth but people over complicate them. Thanks!

Nicely done! I make Beef Chow Fun in an electric wok which takes about 2 1/2 minutes. The prep can take 30 minutes but the stir fry is done in a flash.