Pad Thai

[sandraInes]

What a great recipe! I used only 1/3 cup of vinegar and left out the tofu (not a big tofu fan). It was so good. My first batch I only soaked the noodles for 10 min. like it said on the bag... but you definitely need to soak them 30 min. The second batch was perfect. I also used the "Rooster" hot sauce since I had it on hand. This is by far the best Pad Thai I have made... and I've tried a few times! My husband raved about this which is a big deal... he usually doesn't get this excited about dinner!       

[teade]

This was sooo good.  I didn't add as much vinegar either (but then again  didn't measure, I'd say I used maybe as much as the soy sauce or less..
I also added cabbage and mushrooms.  Yum!

[propinecone]

as soon as i saw the review above me and looked at the ingredient list a craving kicked in and i decided i MUST have this for breakfast (granted, breakfast today was at 12:30pm but whatever).  i made half the sauce but only used less than a 1/4 cup of vinegar, and only 1/4 cup of sugar.. couldnt bring myself to use that much sugar and figured id add more later if it wasnt sweet enough.  i used flax spaghetti from tjs, the ketchup/paprika mixture, and a bit of unsalted crunchy pb.  I used broccoli and baby corn instead of the other veggies also, i drained but didnt bother cooking the tofu, i just let the noodles heat up the cubes.

it was so freaking awesome!!!  it was just as good as the stuff i get from my local place & so much cheaper and it came together so fast, esp since i didnt bother with cooking the tofu.  next time im gonna use some frozen asian veggie blend that ive got a bag of in my freezer.

**heres a tip i came up with whenever i have broccoli with a pasta dish, i rinse off the broccoli and leave it in the bottom of the collander.  when i pour the pasta and the water into it to drain the heat from it quick cooks the broc perfectly!  turns it bright green but still has some crunch, without having to dirty another dish.

[propinecone]

Just wanted to mention the variety of awesome meals i got out of this sauce..

1. with the flax noodles that i described above.

2. with broiled tofu, brown rice & sauteed veggie mix.

3. tofu scramble with sauteed veggies wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla.

4. with more broiled tofu, steamed veggies and quinoa.

yum on all counts!  thanks again - this sauce is perfect!

[bell_jar]

I never review recipes, but this one is seriously outstanding.

OH. MY. GOD. I have tried SO many pad thai recipes and they're always awful, but this one is SPOT ON. I'm going to tweak it a little next time and see if I can't add some tamarind. I seriously had doubts since I had to use the paprika/ketchup combo but this is totally amazing. I'll never have to order pad thai out again.

This made SO MUCH. That's not necessarily a bad thing but it made like 12 servings for me & my boyfriend, which is more than we can eat before it goes bad. I'll at least halve it next time.

[merigayle]

YUM!!!!

I just made this and cannot stop eating it!!!!!!!!!!!! This recipe was awesome. I did use 1/3 cup of brown rice vinegar, a tad bit less sugar, and i added 1tbs of natural breamy peanut butter to the soy sauce mixture. I also added in three shredded carrots. This is so good, i hope i do not explode from how much i have eaten.  Next time i may toss the tofu in a bit of the sauce mixture prior to baking, to give it a bit more flavor. Overall, i give this recipe 10 stars! 

[vegannabelle]

We sextupled the recipe to feed 20-25 people. There was a line out of the kitchen for seconds. People's minds were blown. A direct quote from a text message I received: "That pad thai was so good I never want to eat again because nothing will compare."

That about sums it up.

[tino_bambino]

HOLY CRAP. This was SO good!

I tweaked it slightly - halved it (still made lots for 2 people), added broccoli and shredded carrots. I also found the sauce was a bit too salty with the amounts given, even though I used tamari; I hear Pad Thai varies according to family recipes etc. and the ones I like best have a kind of sweet red-brown sauce, slightly spicy, so I decided to add ketchup even though I'd already added chili sauce (garlic chili sauce, since I don't have chili paste - it's similar enough) The ketchup made it PERFECT. It was almost exactly like stuff I've had in restaurants. Not too sweet, but lots of flavour. The lime juice on top made all the flavours come out deliciously and ground peanuts on top were yummy.

The only thing I'd do differently is make sure all my 'additions' (veggies etc) were chopped well in advance, since I cooked down the sauce before I was ready to add anything and had to make more to keep it all moist. To save some time I also boiled my kettle and soaked the rice noodles in the hot water from that, and they were ready to go within 10 minutes. I am impressed! Will be making this alot

[tino_bambino]

...also, when I made the sauce I didn't measure much at all. I just put more of the tamari, vinegar and sugar than the other ingredients, and kept tasting it until it was to my satisfaction. You can easily change it up if you like different flavours/strengths.

[AlexC]

ohh my goodness. *burps* delicious. i halved the recipe to make enough for two meals for me, and it pains me that i am too full to eat another bowl. i used light sesame oil, ketchup+paprika, probably twice as much garlic, 3 tbsp of light rice vinegar, 4 tbsp of brown sugar, reduced sodium soy sauce, walnuts instead of peanuts, and omitted the bean sprouts and tofu (didn't have any  ). also, i only soaked the noodles for 20 minutes but the water was reasonably hot. yay! <33 thank youuu. the only thing that would have made it better would be more spice (cayenne pepper next time?).

[eablack1]

I made this tonight for the folks and all agreed it was a keeper! Really enjoyed it.

Just a few things, I noticed a bunch of people talking about the vinegar-- just by chance I only had white wine vinegar- which might help bc plain white vinegar can be a bit strong.... but also, i only had enough for 1/2 a cup, then used another 1/4 of just plain water. It seemed to work out really well-- so maybe those of you who found it a bit offense, try a different type of white vinegar. Besides, white vinegar is really just good for one thing, cleaning.   Also, my mom can't do spicy foods (which I love) so I did the ketchup and paprika method then sprinkled a bit of chili oil over the noodles on individual plates- The ketchup did sound a bit strange but turned out great!!  I used cabbage and mushrooms, too. 

Yum yum yum!! This is WONDERFUL!!

[angieh]

Wow! This was really good! I had left over rice noodles and was trying to find something to do with them, and this was perfect. I also added match-stick carrots and chopped brocolli.

[vege girl]

This was wonderful.  I can't say enough.  Some reviews said it had too much vinegar so I used 1/2 c. but otherwise I followed the recipe and it was delicious.  I found some sweet chili sauce at the local Thai market and found that made an excellent topping. 

[ADistillio]

This was pretty good.  I gave it 5 stars because I think it would have been tops if I didn't screw it up.  The chili paste I used had fish sauce in it and for some reason I didn't read the label before buying it.  I will make it again next week with a new chili paste and see how it was meant to taste.

[EliseS2]

It was really tasty, not expensive, and easy to make. I ate 1/3 of it, and it filled a big bowl. It was actually too much noodles. This overfeeds 3 people, so plan on serving this to 4 people, or having left overs.
In my recipe box, and I'll be definitely making this again. Thank you!