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I made this last night and thought it was quite good. I kinda-sorta followed the recipe, opting for:

peanut oil –I think it makes a difference
tamarind paste – I had to go to an Asian grocery store to get it, but I didn’t want to use ketchup. I do think that, as with the peanut oil, the details make the difference.
soy sauce – DH has fish sauce issues.
16 oz of noodles instead of 12 – I used the whole package
2 eggs instead of 3- seemed like enough, even with the extra noodles
2 cups of bean sprouts instead of 1- Again, I used the whole package.
a bottled Thai peanut satay sauce (from Trader Joe’s) instead of chopped peanuts – I had the sauce on hand and I didn’t want to buy a whole bottle of peanuts for this recipe and then have those little calorie bombs sitting around and calling to me from the cupboard with their little, seductive peanutty voices … eat me, eat me.
And I tossed in a cup or so of mushrooms because I had them and everything is better with ‘shrooms, right?
I also tossed in some frozen peas and julienned carrots for extra color (without shrimp it was bland looking) and to ramp up the veggie factor.

Problems:
1. I overdid the tamarind paste. I bought a concentrate and I think 1 teaspoon instead of 2 would have been plenty. My mistake; I should have trusted my intuition when I was measuring it out and thinking that it looked like a lot.
2. The noodles were hard to stir and mix with the sauce. After I put them in the sauté pan, they turned into a stubborn, gelatinous blob although they eventually cooked ok after I added more oil. I think I let them soak in the hot water for too long and possibly had too many of them in too small of a pan.
3. Next time I would make it with shrimp or chicken. I like tofu, but it would be better with something more, I thought.

Results:
This made a ton, about 6 generous servings. It was good, but not restaurant quality. I think I would be much happier with how it turned out if I hadn’t put so much tamarind in. Before I eat the leftovers, I may stir in a bit of ketchup or tomato paste to try to tone it down. I have to say that considering the time spent shopping, cooking, and cleaning up, in the future I will probably opt for the $7.95 deal down the street but it was fun to try.

Thanks for the recipe, Snidget. I do like a cooking adventure and that is what this was. I’m looking forward to hearing how others fared.

If anyone has any ideas for using up a whole lot of very powerful tamarind paste, I am all ears.


Edited because I forgot about the peas.

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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
 OTCC - Pad Thai   Snidget     01-06-10       
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   CTgirl     01-06-10     1  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   samboohoo     01-06-10     2  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Snidget     01-06-10     3  
         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   samboohoo     01-07-10     7  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   PepeLePew13     01-06-10     4  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Max Headroom     01-07-10     5  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   samboohoo     01-07-10     6  
         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Max Headroom     01-07-10     8  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-07-10     9  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   cahaya     01-07-10     10  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   weltek     01-07-10     11  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   samboohoo     01-07-10     12  
         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   weltek     01-07-10     18  
             RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   MKitty     01-07-10     21  
                 RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   weltek     01-07-10     22  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   frodis     01-07-10     13  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-07-10     14  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   samboohoo     01-07-10     15  
         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   frodis     01-07-10     16  
             RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-07-10     17  
                 RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   samboohoo     01-07-10     20  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   CTgirl     01-07-10     19  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Starshine     01-07-10     23  
         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-07-10     24  
             RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Starshine     01-07-10     25  
   I Love Pad Thai   Karchita     01-07-10     26  
     RE: I Love Pad Thai   Maroonclown     01-09-10     28  
         RE: I Love Pad Thai   weltek     01-10-10     30  
             RE: I Love Pad Thai   Karchita     01-11-10     32  
                 RE: I Love Pad Thai   weltek     01-11-10     33  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Starshine     01-09-10     27  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Starshine     01-11-10     35  
         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   weltek     01-12-10     39  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Maroonclown     01-09-10     29  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   weltek     01-11-10     34  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Seana     01-11-10     31  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Maroonclown     01-11-10     36  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   weltek     01-12-10     37  
         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Maroonclown     01-12-10     38  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-12-10     40  
   Results   Karchita     01-12-10     41  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-14-10     42  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Seana     01-14-10     43  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-15-10     44  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Snidget     01-15-10     45  
         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-15-10     47  
             RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Snidget     01-15-10     49  
                 RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-15-10     50  
                 tofu   weltek     01-15-10     52  
                 RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-15-10     54  
                 my favorite way to eat tofu   Karchita     01-23-10     77  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   thndrkttn     01-15-10     46  
         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-15-10     48  
             RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   CTgirl     01-15-10     51  
             RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   thndrkttn     01-15-10     53  
                 RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   frodis     01-15-10     55  
                     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-15-10     56  
                         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   frodis     01-15-10     58  
                             RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Ahtumbreez     01-15-10     61  
   Updated schedule   Ahtumbreez     01-15-10     57  
     RE: Updated schedule   Seana     01-15-10     59  
     RE: Updated schedule   thndrkttn     01-15-10     60  
         RE: Updated schedule   Ahtumbreez     01-15-10     62  
         RE: Updated schedule   Karchita     01-15-10     63  
             RE: Updated schedule   Tummy     01-15-10     64  
                 RE: Updated schedule   Karchita     01-15-10     65  
                     RE: Updated schedule   thndrkttn     01-17-10     67  
                         RE: Updated schedule   Maroonclown     01-17-10     71  
   Recipes So Far   Seana     01-16-10     66  
     RE: Recipes So Far   Maroonclown     01-17-10     72  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   foonermints     01-17-10     68  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   ARnutz     01-17-10     69  
         RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   foonermints     01-17-10     70  
   This cartoon seems appropriate for ...   Snidget     01-18-10     73  
     RE: This cartoon seems appropriate ...   Tummy     01-18-10     74  
   Help!   CTgirl     01-22-10     75  
     RE: Help!   Karchita     01-23-10     76  
     Maybe   moonbaby     01-25-10     78  
         RE: Maybe   CTgirl     01-25-10     79  
             RE: Maybe   Capn2patch     01-25-10     80  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   samboohoo     01-31-10     81  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Tummy     02-01-10     82  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   CTgirl     02-04-10     83  
     Yay!   Karchita     02-05-10     88  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   frodis     02-05-10     84  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   CTgirl     02-05-10     85  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   samboohoo     02-05-10     86  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   weltek     02-05-10     87  
     RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Karchita     02-05-10     89  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   qwertypie     03-01-10     90  
     NOT FUNNY!!!!   qwertypie     03-01-10     91  
         RE: NOT FUNNY!!!!   Snidget     03-01-10     92  
             RE: NOT FUNNY!!!!   Karchita     03-02-10     93  
                 RE: NOT FUNNY!!!!   Tummy     03-02-10     95  
     Update   qwertypie     03-02-10     94  
         RE: Update   Starshine     03-02-10     96  
             RE: Update   Tummy     03-02-10     97  
             RE: Update   qwertypie     03-02-10     98  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Starshine     03-04-10     99  
   SWOOP   jbug     03-04-10     100  
   RE: OTCC - Pad Thai   Tummy     03-08-10     101  

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