Pad Thai Basics

Preparing rice noodles for pad thai

The noodles most American cooks buy for pad thai are dried rice sticks, and the instruction that matters most is the one printed smallest on the package: soak them in warm water until they are flexibl…

Cooking pad thai noodles at home

Cook the dried rice noodles in warm water off the heat until they are pliable but still taste chalky at the core, then finish them in the wok with the sauce — boiling them until soft is what turns hom…

Pad thai, the stir-fried noodle dish explained

Pad thai is a stir-fried rice noodle dish from Thailand built on rehydrated dried rice noodles, a tamarind-based sauce, egg, and a mix of tofu, dried shrimp, or meat, finished with crushed peanuts and…