Recipes
Pad Thai with Pork and Shrimp
By Chef Andy Ricker
Recipe
Ingredients
Thai Tamarind Water | 1 cup |
Palm Sugar Syrup | 3⁄4 cup |
Kin Dee Superior Fish Sauce, plus more for serving | 1⁄2 cup |
Wide sen lek (semi-dried, flat rice noodles) | 2 cups (4 oz.) |
Medium dried shrimp | 1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. |
Lard or canola oil | 2 Tbsp. |
Medium fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined | 4 (2 oz.) |
Ground pork | 3 Tbsp. (11/2 oz.) |
Large egg, at room temperature | 1 |
Unflavored pressed (extra-firm) tofu, sliced 1/4-inch thick | 1⁄4 cup (11/4 oz.) |
Shredded Thai salted radish, soaked in cold water for 10 minutes, rinsed, and drained well | 2 Tbsp. |
Lightly packed soybean sprouts, plus more for serving | 1 cup |
Fresh garlic chives, sliced into 11/2-inch lengths, plus more for topping | 1⁄4 cup |
Chopped roasted, unsalted peanuts, plus more for topping | 1 Tbsp. |