Simple Chicken Pad Thai

Sawasdee ka is "hello" in Thailand, this is always the greeting of the Thai vendor, every time I order Pad Thai at her booth. Pad Thai is at top number 5 spot in World's 50 most delicious foods readers' poll compiled by CNN Go in 2011. Make this Thai dish right at your home by following this recipe.I will make Pad Thai again but I will include the recipe for the sauce. Do not have much time when I cooked this so I just used the bottled sauce.


Ingredients for 3 servings:
1/4 kilo chicken breast
100 grams rice sticks noodles
100 grams bean sprouts (toge)
3 tablespoon fish sauce (patis)
1/4 cup crushed cashew nuts
1 egg ( fried and scrambled)
3 spring onion stalks ( cut into an inch long)
1 cup Pad Thai sauce

Pad Thai Sauce and Noodles

Procedure:
1. Cook the noodles for 13 minutes or until al dente, then drain and set aside.

2. Saute  the garlic and onion then add the chicken breast and simmer for few minutes.

3. Add the fish sauce and simmer until chicken is cooked, then add the sauce and noodles, mix well.

4. Add the bean sprouts and spring onion mix well for less than a minute then turn off the heat.

Bean sprouts

5. Chopped the scrambled egg and mix with the crushed cashew nuts, then pour  add in the noodles and mix well. Get some to sprinkle on top before serving. Enjoy!

For a homemade sauce you can combine:
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon lemon or lime  juice
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoons fish sauce