Grammy's Kitchen · Pad Thai · Instant Pot Chicken Pad Thai
One of 136 pad thai recipes we measured
8 cooks on littlesunnykitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 136.
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Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 650 g | 1 1/2 pounds (650g) chicken thighs (boneless and skinless, diced into bite size pieces) |
| 200 g | 7 ounces (200g) thai flat rice noodles |
| 128 g | 1 cup carrot (julienned/cut into matchsticks) |
| 1 g | 1/2 red pepper (sliced) |
| 1 g | 1/2 yellow pepper (sliced) |
| 90 g | 1/2 cup bean sprouts |
| 40 g | 1/4 cup sliced green onions |
| 36 g | 1/4 cup roasted peanuts (chopped) |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup fresh cilantro (chopped) |
| Lime wedges (for serving) | |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons vegetable oil |
| 34 g | 2 tablespoons fish sauce |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce |
| 30 g | 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon Sriracha hot sauce |
| 53 g | 4 tablespoons light brown sugar |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 32 g | 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter (optional but delicious!) |
| 473 g | 2 cups water |
Method: 5 steps, published by littlesunnykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“OK, so I’ve spent years trying to replicate Pad Thai takeout — and this recipe does it! I am so happy about this discovery. THANK YOU. (America’s Test Kitchen’s version was a discouraging, overly complicated gooey mess, for instance.) This sauce was supe” — a cook, 5★
“OK, so I’ve spent years trying to replicate Pad Thai takeout — and this recipe does it! I am so happy about this discovery. THANK YOU. (America’s Test Kitchen’s version was a discouraging, overly complicated gooey mess, for instance.) This sauce was superb. I ” — a cook, 5★