Thai
Mama Pad Khai (Fried Instant Noodles)
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Mama Pad Khai (Fried Instant Noodles) is Thai home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Boil the noodles briefly until just pliable, then drain well, discarding the seasoning packet or saving it for another use.
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Heat the oil in a wok and scramble the eggs until just set, then push to one side.
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Add the cabbage and stir-fry 1 minute.
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Add the drained noodles, fish sauce and light soy sauce, and toss over high heat until everything is coated and heated through.
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Fold in the scallions and serve at once, the bad-night dinner a large share of Thai households genuinely cook.
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Serve it with
A Thai dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Mama Pad Khai (Fried Instant Noodles), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Mama Pad Khai (Fried Instant Noodles) carries gluten, eggs, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Drunken Noodles with Chicken |
| Soy | Yes | Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) |
| Fish | Yes | Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 620 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbs
- 58 g
- Fat
- 35 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 1390 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Mama Pad Khai (Fried Instant Noodles) takes about 12 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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