If this is traditional Thai style food, then why does it contain Chinese kale? And why is there no fish sauce used?ĭon’t worry, many street vendors sell this food, and it is undoubtedly Thai. Another well known meal in Southeast Asia that uses this kind of soft noodles is called “ pad see ew“. Using this kind of noodles are a MUST if you want to serve this hearty meal like they do in Thai restaurants! However, some versions of rad na use rice vermicelli instead.
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Prefer to make the noodles yourself? Head over to this recipe (external link) and find out how to make gluten-free rice noodles.
The noodles that you should purchase are called “ fresh flat rice noodles” or “ sen yai” and can be found at Asian grocery stores. I’m not sure why, because in my opinion, these fresh rice noodles are definitely not inferior to the thin rice noodles that are found in pad Thai. Unlike pad Thai, which is an extremely popular noodle dish. Rad na (also written rat na, lad na or rad nah) is one of those Thai noodle dishes that are not so easily thought of. But (of course) I always add some crushed dry chili pepper on top of it, to add spice and enhance the flavor. In my opinion, this is one of the best and most unique Thai dishes.
Just make sure it’s tender and cut into bite-sized pieces. But, you can cook it with any meat of your choice another popular option is chicken (rad na gai). The main protein source for this comfort food in Thailand is mostly pork meat (rad na moo). Inside the gravy, you can enjoy the pieces of tender pork meat that’s drenched in Thai flavors. For meats sauteé in minimal oil to brown on all sides and cook about 70% through.Rad na is a tasty noodle dish made with wide flat rice noodles and a soup-like gravy. For seafood simply simmer in water for a minute or so. We want to partly cook the seafood (or substituted protein) first. We are using seafood in the form of shrimp and squid in this rad na recipe but you can substitute for a different protein or even just vegetables on their own if you prefer, which is fine. Measure out and set out the rest of the ingredients as well as your serving plate. If you prefer you can swap the kale for chinese broccoli (gai lan), regular broccoli or bok choy. The mushrooms should be sliced and the corn quartered lengthwise.įor the kale we do not want the whole leaf, so fold the leaves together along the center spine of the leaf and cut at an angle as shown in our video. Wash the other vegetables and peel or scrub the carrots before cutting into smallish slices. Find how to prep squid here if it has not already been done for you. Hopefully, the inedible eye and beak parts will already have been removed by the fishmonger but if not then remove them. Prepare the squid by cutting into bite sized pieces. Prepare everything before you start cooking becasue you won t have time once you start. Obviously, if you swap out the protein or add in more vegetables then the figures will change. So if you are looking to cut down the calories then reduce the number of noodles in the dish for the biggest reductions.Ĭheck out the chart in the image below for some hard data based on this recipe and the quantities we use. The gravy is tasty and fully seasoned so there are a few calories in that.
The calories in rad na come more from the noodles than the meat and vegetables or seafood used. In this noodle dish the wide rice noodles are stir fried initially, leading some people to refer to the dish as pad (fried) rad na but it should be noted that although the dish contains an element of stir frying it is more of a braised in gravy noodles style dish. You need fresh rice noodles for this dish to be authentic although dried noodles that are cooked will work if you can find good quality dried wide and flat rice noodles. Your Flat and wide rice noodles should look like this when finished.
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