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This recipe for macaroni, they are easy to prepare with a distinct flavor of classic drunken noodles.
By Vickypee I Updated on December 9, 2024
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Hot Thai stir-fried noodles drunken noodles or drunkard noodles which translates literally to Thai as Pad Kee Mao is one of several noodle stir-fries that popular in Thai street food.
Herbs and chilis are essential to the flavor of Pad Kee Mao, but I trying it with a big difference with this recipe for macaroni is designed to work on a regular home cooking, the dish is still delicious.
The hot and spicy flavor profile is built with four basic ingredients, chilis, garlic, Thai holy basil, and pepper. The allium aroma of garlic, and the fresh herbs of holy basil. On top of that, you’ll find alternatively of protein. It’s probably more useful to include the dish for chicken pieces, thinly sliced beef or pork.
There is much pleasure to be found in this recipe is to make this stir-fry vegetarian, simply replace the fish sauce with light soy sauce and the meat with tofu.
The original noodles used for stir-fried drunken are wide rice noodles. At the market, you can typically find a few different noodles, you may also try for this recipe.
The noodles are round or flat-shaped and available dried or ready-cooked. They have a firm, chewy texture due to their thickness.
These noodles are made with white and brown rice. Often called rice-stick noodles but also vermicelli. The difference is thin or really thin. They only require soaking in hot water to soften and are then used in stir-fries. Rice noodles come as thin, medium, and wide, they are usually sold dried, in nests on the shelves. They also have a fresh produce, you’ll find fresh rice noodles in Asian grocery stores, a refrigerated section.
The most versatile noodles in my go-to when I need to add excitement to the stir-fried dishes. The macaroni in this recipe has thin curly shape hold on the sauce. It shows up a wonderful intense taste.
There are often curly shaped, with a yellow color which produced by the egg yolks used to make them. They have a firm texture with a good bite, and are great in stir-fires.
Stir-fried chili mixture well-knows in its classic version, made with chili, garlic, and pepper. Traditionally mixture is made by blending the ingredients to a paste in a mortar, but these days the process is made much easier with the food processor. Making chili mixture can be as a simple as putting all the ingredients into the bowl and switching on the machine, but I’ve made a few upgrades to the classic recipe to add some fresh green peppercorn.
While I love any types of basil when cooking. Holy basil has a peppery taste, in Thai basil that has a sweet and anise flavor.
Thai basil, a tropical plant native to Southeast Asia. They have purple stems and leaves are sturdies. They look similar to your everyday Italian basil. Thai basil brings a spicy kick to any dish and has a sweet, fragrant flavor with a hint of anise or licorice. Its aroma is milder and more pleasant than the pungent aroma of other basil varieties, giving it a warm and spicy taste. It is commonly used in Thai cuisine and pairs well with spicy and savory dishes, making popular ingredient in curries, stir-fries. It also adds a fresh and vibrant aroma to the dish, making it an excellent garnish.
Thai holy basil, it is grown widely as a cultivated plant in the Southeast Asian tropics. There are 2 varieties of holy basil: a white one and a red one. The leaves of both are hairy and more delicate than the leaves of Thai basil. It has a peppery and spicy flavor with a slightly bitter aftertaste, its flavor profile has notes of cloves, mint and pepper, its strong and distinctive flavor. It’s used in cooking stir-fried dishes. You can substitute basil for Thai basil, Hoy basil in recipes if that’s all you have. Although the flavor will be markedly different in your dishes.
Use holy basil if you want a more authentic version of drunken noodles. Holy basil is the herb for pad kapow the Thai pork stir-fried dish.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in skillet over high heat, cook shrimp and squid until spotty brown on all side for about 2 minutes. Transfer to plate, and let sit.
Add 1 tablespoon reserved oil to now-empty skillet and heat over medium heat, add chili mixture and stirring frequently, until the mixture is fragrant for about 1 minute.
Add macaroni and stirring, add holy basil, add the shrimp and squid to the pan, season with fish sauce and sugar, add the blenched veggies, kaffir lime leaves, water, and the rest of fresh peppercorn and stirring to cook for a minute to heat through before serving.
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