Grammy's Kitchen · Pad Thai · Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
One of 136 pad thai recipes we measured
185 cooks on www.onceuponachef.com rate it 4.9★.
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.
| 1 large head iceberg or butter lettuce | |
| 41 g | 3 tablespoons vegetable oil |
| 150 g | 1 large red onion, (chopped) |
| 12 g | 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger, (from a 2-in (5-cm) piece (see note)) |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic, (minced) |
| 907 g | 2 lb ground chicken ((not all breast meat)) |
| 24 g | 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce |
| 51 g | 3 tablespoons fish sauce |
| 53 g | 1/4 cup (packed) light or dark brown sugar |
| 2 teaspoons lime zest, (from 2 limes) | |
| 46 g | 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice, (from 1 1/2 limes) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes |
| 2 large scallions, (white and green parts, finely sliced) | |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro |
| 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint | |
| 36 g | 1/4 cup chopped cashews or peanuts |
| Sriracha | |
| Finely sliced carrots | |
| Lime wedges | |
| Cilantro and/or mint sprigs |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.onceuponachef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Yum, just made this tonight. I picked up some ground chicken this weekend because I was in the mood to make some larb gai. I usually make it at a friend’s and realized I had no recipe here, so looked for one and yours seemed the best for what I was looking for” — a cook, 5★
“Proud that I tried this good flavored dish. Two obstacles for me to overcome was the fish sauce and the ground chicken. I almost always use chicken breasts but did not want the meal to be dry. Mentally just not used to seeing chicken ground up like beef or tur” — a cook, 3★