Pad Thai
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 35 min
- Cook
- 12 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
History & Origin
Pad Thai took its modern national form in twentieth-century Thailand, when rice-noodle dishes were promoted as affordable, distinctly Thai street food. Its balance comes from tamarind, fish sauce and palm sugar, with wok-charred noodles rather than a heavy red sauce.