Andy Ricker’s Pad Thai Recipe With Pork and Shrimp | Saveur

Name: Andy Ricker’s Pad Thai Recipe With Pork and Shrimp | Saveur
Ingredients: 1 cup Thai Tamarind Water; 3 ⁄ 4 cup Palm Sugar Syrup; 1 ⁄ 2 cup Thai fish sauce, plus more for serving; 2 cups (4 oz.) wide sen lek (semi-dried, flat rice noodles); 1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. medium dried shrimp; 2 Tbsp. lard or canola oil; 4 medium fresh shrimp (2 oz.), peeled and deveined; 3 Tbsp. (11/2 oz.) ground pork; 1 large egg, at room temperature; 1 ⁄ 4 cup unflavored pressed (extra-firm) tofu (11/4 oz.), sliced 1/4-inch thick; 2 Tbsp. shredded Thai salted radish, soaked in cold water for 10 minutes, rinsed, and drained well; 1 cup lightly packed soybean sprouts, plus more for serving; 1 ⁄ 4 cup fresh garlic chives, sliced into 11/2-inch lengths, plus more for topping; 1 Tbsp. chopped roasted, unsalted peanuts, plus more for topping; Lime wedges or halved key limes; Fresh banana blossoms, very thinly sliced (optional); Phrik pon khua (Thai toasted chile powder); Raw cane sugar

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With a little prep, chef Andy Ricker's classic pad Thai is the easy noodle stir fry you need.

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Ingredients

1 cup <a href="https://www.saveur.com/story/recipes/thai-tamarind-water/">Thai Tamarind Water</a>
3⁄4 cup <a href="https://www.saveur.com/story/recipes/palm-sugar-syrup/">Palm Sugar Syrup</a>
1⁄2 cup Thai fish sauce, plus more for serving
2 cups (4 oz.) wide sen lek (semi-dried, flat rice noodles)
1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. medium dried shrimp
2 Tbsp. lard or canola oil
4 medium fresh shrimp (2 oz.), peeled and deveined
3 Tbsp. (11/2 oz.) ground pork
1 large egg, at room temperature
1⁄4 cup unflavored pressed (extra-firm) tofu (11/4 oz.), sliced 1/4-inch thick
2 Tbsp. shredded Thai salted radish, soaked in cold water for 10 minutes, rinsed, and drained well
1 cup lightly packed soybean sprouts, plus more for serving
1⁄4 cup fresh garlic chives, sliced into 11/2-inch lengths, plus more for topping
1 Tbsp. chopped roasted, unsalted peanuts, plus more for topping
Lime wedges or halved key limes
Fresh banana blossoms, very thinly sliced (optional)
<a href="https://www.saveur.com/story/recipes/toasted-thai-chile-powder/">Phrik pon khua (Thai toasted chile powder)</a>
Raw cane sugar