Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mao)

Name: Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mao)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4, 4 servings
Cuisine: thai
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons water; 12 ounces boneless skinless chicken thighs ((or breast, thinly sliced)); 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 1 teaspoon oil; 1 teaspoon soy sauce; 8 ounces wide dried rice noodles; 1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar ((dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water)); 2 teaspoons soy sauce ((Thai soy sauce preferred, but any soy sauce will do)); 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce ((see note)); 1 tablespoon fish sauce; 2 teaspoons oyster sauce; pinch ground white pepper; 3 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil ((divided)); 3 cloves garlic ((sliced)); ¼ teaspoon fresh grated ginger; 2 shallots ((sliced, about 1/3 cups)); 1 scallion ((julienned into 3-inch/8cm pieces)); 4 Thai red chili peppers ((deseeded and julienned or chopped)); 1 cup holy basil or Thai basil ((loosely packed)); 5 to 6 pieces baby corn ((split in half, optional)); 2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 30m total

Servings

Calories

25% of a 2,000 cal day

491KCAL

Protein

22g43% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat19g

24%

Saturated3g

16%

Unsaturated16g

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Total Carbs57g

21%

Fiber2g

Total Sugars5g

—

incl. Added Sugars1g

Starch49g

—

Sodium895mg

39%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A traditional Thai drunken noodle dish with rice noodles, chicken thigh, Thai basil, and a savory-spicy sauce made with fish sauce, oyster sauce, and chilies. Named for late-night eating after drinking with friends. Bold, fragrant, and satisfying.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

2 tbspwater
12 ozboneless skinless chicken thighs — or chicken breast, thinly sliced
2 tspcornstarch
1 tspoil
1 tspsoy sauce
8 ozwide dried rice noodles
1½ tspbrown sugar) — (dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water
2 tspsoy sauce — thai preferred
1 tspdark soy sauce
1 tbspfish sauce
2 tspoyster sauce
ground white pepper
3 tbspvegetable oil — or canola oil
3garlic — sliced
¼ tspfresh grated ginger
2shallots — sliced, ⅓ cup
1scallion
4Thai red chili peppers — deseeded
1 cupholy basil — loosely packed, or Thai basil
5–6baby corn — split in half, optional
2 tspShaoxing wine

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Method

30m total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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