Crispy Noodle Pad See Ew ผัดซีอิ๊ว ก๋วยเตี๋ยวกรอบ

Crispy Noodle Pad See Ew ผัดซีอิ๊ว ก๋วยเตี๋ยวกรอบ

I love a crispy pad see Ew but not many restaurants take the time to do it properly, and they deep fry the noodles, making the dish too greasy. I promised my girlfriends that this is  an essential recipe to post and they will be surprised how easy it actually is to make Pad See Ew. 

Here is what you will need:

Serving for 2-4

1 package      Rice Noodle (or have tried udon noodles, egg noodles, thin rice noodle)

½ brunch       Blanched Chinese broccoli (or broccoli)

1 pound         Any kind of protein (chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, tofu, etc)

1-2                  eggs

4-6 tbsp         Oil (Canola, vegetable, olive, but my favorite is coconut,)

6 cloves         Minced Fresh Garlic

1 ½ tbsp        Sweet soy sauce

3 tbsp            Sugar

1 tbsp            Oyster sauce

2 tbsp            Fish sauce or preferred thin soy sauce

1 tsp              Vinegar

Optional

White pepper or black pepper

First thing to do, take 1-2 tbsp of oil into a pan on low heat and nicely place your noodles in the pan and don’t touch it for 12-15 mins(depending on the type of noodles you are using. You can check but do your best to leave it alone.  As your noodles are slowly getting crispy start prepping your garlic, broccoli, and protein.  

Blanching your broccoli is optional: In a pot of boiling water, add tsp of salt and a tsp of oil before added the broccoli for 1 minute, remove and place in ice water and drain.  If you don’t blanch the broccoli, add the stems right after the protein is almost cook and before the sauce. Add the leaves before adding the noodles.

Ok by now 12-15 should go by your noodles and flip it to the over side. You may need to add a tbsp of oil so it can get crispy, not adding oil would make it not as crispy and brown or get black faster. At this point you might want to lower the heat more so you have time to make the rest of the dish. Probably about 5-10 mins on this side.

On Medium heat, in wok or a deep pan, add 2 tbsp oil and garlic, and sauté until the garlic light golden brown, add your protein at this time, stir fry until almost cooked. Add the egg and let it sit for 30 secs and then stir fry so you will have bigger pieces. Add sweet soy sauce, sugar, oyster sauce, fish sauce, and vinegar.  Once the sauce is mixed well (you won’t have too much), add your blanched broccoli. Now turn the heat up really high and quickly add your noodles and stir until sauce has mixed in the noodles, remove heat, serve, and enjoy!  Huge tip, its ok if the sauce didn’t fully dissolve as once you plate it will, the point is to keep the noodles as crispy as possible and the longer it sits in the pan it will lost the crisp.

Chicken Udon Pad See Ew

Time Saving Tip: Make the sauce and save it a jar instead. The same steps except adding the protein, eggs, broccoli, and noodles; also just enough oil to brown the garlic. When are you ready make your dish, in a pan add 1tbsp of oil and sauté your protein, then add the egg. Add the broccoli and noodle and now pour the sauce.  This technique makes the noodle stay much crisper.

Healthy Tip:  For my son, I have added matchstick carrots, super thin red bell pepper,  and both Chinese broccoli and broccoli. Also the     protein plus barilla pasta worked really well too. 

Money Saver Tip: I had leftover Chinese broccoli and I always keep Annie Chun's Udon noodles that I pick up from Costco in the frig for emergencies.  The pic above is my son enjoying udon pad see ew our chicken:)

Enjoy! Tia K