🍯 1. The Signature Pad Thai Sauce (Restaurant-Style Batch)
A great Pad Thai lives or dies by its sauce. This recipe balances sour, sweet, and salty perfectly.
Ingredients:
1.
1 cup Pure tamarind paste/concentrate (thick)
2.
1 cup Palm sugar or coconut sugar (essential for a mellow sweetness and aroma)
3.
1/2 cup Premium fish sauce
4.
3 tbsp Shallots, finely minced
5.
2 tbsp Vegetable oil
Instructions:
1.
Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the minced shallots and fry until golden brown and fragrant.
2.
Pour in the tamarind paste, palm sugar, and fish sauce.
3.
Reduce the heat to low. Simmer and stir continuously until the sugar completely dissolves and the sauce thickens slightly to a syrupy consistency. Taste it—it should be a harmonious blend of sour-forward, followed by sweet and salty. Set aside.
🍤 2. Stir-Fry Ingredients (Per 1 Serving)
1.
1 handful Sen Jan (Chanthaburi rice noodles) or thin rice noodles (soaked in room-temp water for 45–60 mins until pliable, then drained)
2.
3–4 Large fresh prawns (peeled, deveined, tail-on)