WebDrunken Noodles or Pad Kee Mao are Thai noodles that are sweet, spicy and bursting with flavor. Vegan recipe of drunken noodles uses no fish or shrimp. …
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These Vegan Thai Drunken Noodles or Pad Kee Mao are thick, chewy rice noodles cooked in a spicy and savoury sauce with garlic, onions, chili, tofu, and lots of fresh basil! What is Pad Kee Mao or Drunken Noodles? This is a famous dish in Thailand and you’d usually find them in simple road-side restaurants for take-out!
Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mao) However, Drunken Noodles are a tasty example of asian “fusion food” in its truest form. This dish became popular in Thailand, after Chinese immigrants crossed the borders in surrounding countries and started selling the common street-food dish, Phat Si Ew, made with wide noodles.
Pad Kee Mao is a stir-fried fresh flat wide rice noodles dish that’s made with garlic, chilies, Thai holy basil, a few veggies, and a salty-sweet sauce. It’s often made with chicken ( gai ), pork, beef, and seafood, but it can also be made with tofu. Pad Kee Mao translates loosely to “drunken noodles” in English.
If you like sweeter drunken noodles, feel free to up the amount of brown sugar in the sauce or add an extra drizzle of honey. For drunken noodles more on the savory side, you can increase the amount of soy sauce or vegetarian oyster sauce.