Okinawan-Style Pad Thai
"This is a famous dish popularized in Thailand. Although the recipe varies from cook to cook and region to region, this is a good attempt at recreating what I ate from Thai-owned hole-in-the-wall restaurants in Okinawa, Japan. Key to the flavor are the sugar levels, unsalted peanuts, peanut oil, and either oyster or fish sauce."
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 15 of 19 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Peanut | 1 oz (28g) | 161 |
| Peanut Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Oyster | 6 medium (84g) | 81 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Radish | 1/2 cup (58g) | 12 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Chives | 1 tbsp (3g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Tamarind | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons tamarind pulp
- 1 (12 ounce) package dried rice noodles
- cold water, as needed
- 1/2 cup peanut oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 12 ounces chicken breast, cut into 1/2-inch strips
- 1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar, or more to taste
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 cups dry-roasted, unsalted peanuts
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried ground Asian radish
- 1 teaspoon chili powder, or more to taste
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh chives
- 2 cups fresh bean sprouts
- 1 lime, cut into wedges