Pad Thai

I was disappointed with this recipe. But it is a learning moment for me for the next time. 1. Boil the noodles rather than soaking. I soaked the noodles for 60 minutes and they were still hard. 2. I would either use less noodles or more liquid next time. The noodles were very dry. Luckily I did make some peanut sauce, which I must say, I’ve perfected. So that helped a little. I also used soy chicken which came out good too.

I substituted sesame oil for the butter and vegetable oil. I also used rice wine vinegar instead of white wine vinegar and lime instead of lemon and topped it all with coco aminos.

I couldn’t eat it. Maybe because was my first time using fish sauce. The smell is so bad that gave us nausea. I follow the instructions but that sauce was a big no. The curious thing is that the fish sauce is an important ingredient in this recipe.

Compared to other pad Thai recipes I’ve made, I was slightly worried about this one. Added a tablespoon or so of peanut butter to the sauce and did a splash of sesame oil and cut back on the vegetable oil. Turned out great!

I boiled the noodles instead of just soaking.

Not like any pad thai I’ve ever made before and the sauce is almost exactly what I use to make Vietnamese chicken salad but it was really good. I went to get seconds and my husband had already eaten all of it. I used lime instead of lemon and chili garlic sauce instead of crushed red pepper, just what I had on hand.

This is excellent. Followed the recipe as written, but I poured a small bottle of peanut sauce on the dish towards the end. We like the peanut sauce on our Pd Thai. Daughter was impressed.

Great recipe! Whole family loved it. I made a few changes, following suggestions of other users and adding some of my own. I’m not a huge fan of fish sauce, so I changed that to 1 Tbsp and doubled the amount of vinegar. I used rice vinegar instead of white. Also added 1 Tbsp soy sauce. After those changes, I tripled the amount of liquid ingredients and added 2 Tbsp of peanut butter. I cooked the chicken with 2 cloves of garlic and 1 chunk of ginger. I would have added more red pepper, but my wife doesn’t like it as hot as I do, so I chopped some fresh jalapeno on top of mine.

Simple. Easy. Yummy. Even my husband can make it. I made it with shrimp and stir fry veggies.

Sooooooo good! I tripled the sauce like someone suggested. Also deed diced water chestnuts, jalapeños and red bell pepper. Half the sugar and a drizzle of hot chili oil. Mmmmmmm!

I agree with the other reviews; this is a very basic pad thai recipe that is very easily built-upon to be really good. 4 stars for the original recipe for being a good base. We doubled the recipe to begin with and on top of that doubled the sauce. I thought we could have gone 2.5x but everyone else liked it how it was. We fried the chicken with garlic and added peanut butter which is a MUST. 1 teaspoon/multiple of the sauce and we could have used a little more.

I’ve used this recipe in the past and it turned out great. The day after Thanksgiving 2020 I used turkey and shrimp instead of chicken and my family loved it. Turkey is a great substitute.

I added a bit more fish sauce and hot pepper flakes, as well as some salt, and I added the scallions to the noodles rather than leaving them as a garnish. Big hit with my 20-something boys.

Need more sauce and doesn’t come out as “glossy” as restaurant pad Thai.

Good base recipe. Followed a bunch of helpful reviews. Added peanut butter, garlic ginger paste, innards of habenaro pepper(for heat) and soy sauce. Substituted sesame seed oil for butter. TRIPLE THE SAUCE RECIPE!!!

I really like Pad Thai but never tried making it at home because the recipes always seemed to have a long list of ingredients and they looked complicated. I was so happy to find this one. It’s quick and easy to make and my husband and I both loved it. I would warn folks to check the instructions on their rice noodle package. The recipe says soak in cold water but the noodles I got said to soak in hot but now I know. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. It will be a frequent favorite of ours.

This is a pasty boring and unflavorful take on an otherwise amazing dish. Pick another recipe as there are plenty.

Solid recipe with good flavors. Plan ahead for your steps with ingredients pre-prepped. It goes fast.

After doubling the sauce and adding a bit of peanut butter it was great.

I like to use peanut or sesame oil instead of vegetable. Best homemade pad thai ever!

I didn’t care for this recipe. I made it as written, but didn’t like the smell or taste (perhaps the vinegar, which you don’t usually see in pad thai recipes), so I tried to add some ingredients to make it palatable. I added peanut butter and oyster sauce, which made it a little more tolerable, but I definitely wouldn’t use this recipe again.