Foot and Fire

I used the Pho Ga to make soup base for noodle soup. "Pho" means soup, "Ga" means Chicken.  The Kanokwan is a Pad Thai Paste, I already used it up. It is not good. It has no peanut in it and it is very much loaded with sugar. The Tom Yum soup base (another Thai specialty) is still lying in the cabinet for some days of kitchen experiment.  Thank you to my Saigon-based friend Anna Wang for the generous gift. We enrolled together in a cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City and we passed the cooking test together!

By GERLIE M. UY The filling Pad Thai I made Pad Thai before. See my previous post  and another post . But this one, I entitled shortcut because I forgot to fry the tofu and chop them up. So I missed the essential ingredient of a real Pad  Thai. Anyway, this noodle dish I churned out in a hurry turned out yummy. For this recipe, I had fried scrambled eggs, stripped native chicken flesh, mongo sprout and the rice noodles. I used available herbs too like celery and coriander. As for the flavoring, don't forget the tamarind-based cubes, fish sauce, and soy sauce. Please see my previous post for the cooking procedure. rice noodles here are being soaked in a hot water the cooked noodles, from crystal noodle to white color The other ingredients go to the pan...

2 Tbsp olive, Peanut or sesame oil 6 cloves of garlic, chopped 1 big onion, chopped 1 cup pan-fried tuna, chopped (250g) 1 block of firm tofu, cubed and pre-fried (300g) 3 scrambled eggs, cooked and chopped 6 leaves of spring onions, chopped 2 Tbsp basil, dried or freshly chopped (coriander or wansuy is recommended) 6 Tbsp of tamarind powder, dissolved in about 6 Tbsp water Salt sugar 6 Tbsp fish sauce 6 Tbsp premium soy sauce (or oyster sauce if preferred) 6 Tbsp soy sauce 1/4 kl mongo sprout or togue (about an inch sprout) 1/8 cup chopped salted peanuts 400 gms Hofan noodles (rice noodles) Cooking Preparation In a fry pan, heat some oil, add the scrambled egg until cooked. Remove from pan and reserve oil. Chop the cooked egg. Using the same pan, add some oil, pan-fry the tuna soaked in calamasi and soy sauce, until done. remove from fire and chop. In a casserole, bring water to boil. Add the rice noodles and let cook until tender. Drain and set aside. Cooking proper In a big skillet,...