Grammy's Kitchen · Pad Thai · Pad Kee Mao (Thai Drunken Noodles)
One of 136 pad thai recipes we measured
from www.seriouseats.com
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.
| 113 g | 4 ounces (113g) fresh rice noodle sheets or 2 ounces (56g) dried wide rice noodles (see notes) |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon (5g) neutral oil, such as canola or vegetable |
| 34 g | 2 tablespoons (30ml) Thai oyster sauce |
| 17 g | 1 tablespoon (15ml) fish sauce, plus more for serving |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon (15ml) Thai thin soy sauce |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar, plus more for serving |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper, plus more for serving |
| 20 g | 4 medium cloves garlic (20g), peeled |
| 15 g | 7 fresh Thai red chiles (1/2 ounce; 15g), such as bird's eye, stemmed |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons (30ml) neutral oil, such as canola or vegetable |
| 15 g | 1/2 ounce (15g) grachai, julienned if needed (1 tablespoon) (see notes) |
| 5 fresh or frozen makrut lime leaves, middle ribs removed (see notes) | |
| 85 g | 3 ounces (85g) pork shoulder, sliced very thinly into roughly 1- by 1 1/2-inch pices (1/2 cup) (see notes) |
| 28 g | 1 ounce (28g) long beans, sliced into 1-inch pieces on a bias (1/4 cup) |
| 28 g | 1 ounce (28g) fresh or canned baby corn, sliced into 1/2-inch pieces (1/3 cup) |
| 40 g | 1 1/2 ounces (40g) Chinese broccoli, sliced into 1 1/2–inch pieces on a bias (3/4 packed cup) |
| 40 g | 2 fresh red long chile (1 1/2 ounces; 40g), such as Holland, Fresno, or Cayenne, seeds removed and cut on the bias into 1/4-inch-thick slices (see notes) |
| 8 g | 1/4 cup (8g) picked Thai holy basil or Thai sweet basil leaves |
| Thai chile flakes, for serving | |
| Chile vinegar, for serving |
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