*Updated Recipe* Shrimp Pad Thai

Ingredients for Homemade Pad Thai Sauce:
- 4 tbsp palm sugar
- 4 tbsp water
- 1/4 cup tamarind concentrate
- 2 tbsp fish sauce

Pad Thai Sauce Directions:
1) Chop palm sugar dome finely to fit 4 tbsp.
2) Combine the chopped palm sugar with 4 tbsp water and microwave for 30 seconds. (The pieces won't be completely melted, but that's okay... Just mix it more with a spoon)
3) Add in 1/4 cup tamarind concentrate & 2 tbsp fish sauce into the container of melted palm sugar.
4) Stir everything until well incorporated. Set aside!!
*Tip: Double the recipe JUST IN CASE!!! (Better to have more than not enough)


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Shrimp Pad Thai Ingredients:
- 10-20 pieces of uncooked shrimp, cleaned & peeled & seasoned
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 small shallot or 1/4 cup red onion, chopped
- *Optional: 1 tbsp preserved sweet radish
- *Optional: 1 tbsp of chili flakes (more or less depending on your spice tolerance)
- *Optional: (Not in video) 1 tbsp small dried shrimp, chopped into small pieces
- *Optional: (Not in video) 1/4 cup firm tofu, cubed
- 1/2 package of Pad Thai rice sticks
- 3/4 cup of Homemade Pad Thai sauce
- 2 eggs, scrambled
- 1 cup of bean sprouts
- 1 stalk of green onions or garlic chives, cut into 1 inch pieces
- *Optional: Chopped peanuts
- *Optional: Lime


Directions:
*** Before anything else, soak your Pad Thai rice sticks in cold/warm water for 30 minutes to an hour. When you're ready to cook everything, drain it well and set aside. ***

1) Heat a wok or big sauté pan over medium to high heat. Add oil.
2) When it's hot enough, place the shrimp in the wok, and let it cook half way. Set aside.
*** THIS IS THE PART WHERE YOU GOTTA BE ORGANIZED, QUICK & FAST AT COOKING ***
5) *Optional* (Not in video) Add in your pieces of tofu to the wok and stir fry it until they turn golden in color.
6) Once they're a bit golden, add in your garlic, shallots, chopped preserved radish (optional), chopped dried shrimp (optional), and chili flakes (optional) all at the same time and stir fry.
7) When the garlic starts to brown (not burned), add in your soaked & drained Pad Thai rice sticks. Mix to get all the flavors well incorporated.
8) Add in your homemade Pad Thai sauce little by little while continuously stirring the noodles around.
9) When the noodles look mostly-cooked, push it all to one side of the wok and pour in your two eggs on the other half of the wok.
10) Let the eggs sit for 15-30 seconds, then scramble.
11) Mix the scrambled eggs with the Pad Thai noodle mixture.
12) After everything has been well-incorporated, add in your bean sprouts, green onions/garlic chives, and chopped peanuts (optional), then continue to mix well.
13) Toss in the shrimp you set aside earlier and cook thoroughly.
14) If noodles look too dry, add in more homemade Pad Thai sauce & heat through.
YOU'RE DONE!

To plate, you can add the rest of the crushed peanuts, green onions/garlic chives, and more bean sprouts on the side.

Squeeze some lime... and ENJOY! :)