# PAD KEE MAO (THAI GARLIC AND CHILLI NOODLES AKA DRUNKEN NOODLES)

This is my absolute favourite Thai stir fry ever, it's savoury, sweet, garlicky and spicy and comes together in less than 20 minutes.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 5 cloves Garlic
- 3 to 4 Birdseye chilli
- 1 handful Basil
- Pak Choi
- Green beans
- 0.5 Onion
- 200 g Rice noodles
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate soda
- Thin beef slices
- 2.5 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Dark soy sauce
- 1.5 tbsp Light soy sauce
- 1.5 tbsp Fish sauce
- 1 tsp Brown sugar
- Sesame seeds
- Lime

## Instructions

1. Cook the rice noodles according to package instructions.
2. Sprinkle the beef strips with bicarbonate of soda and let them sit.
3. Cook the beef in a pan for a few minutes on each side.
4. Remove the cooked beef from the pan.
5. Add garlic and chilli to the pan and cook on low for a few minutes.
6. Add the sliced onion and green beans to the pan.
7. Add bok choy to the pan and cook until tender but with a bite.
8. Add the cooked noodles to the pan.
9. Add the sauce, made with oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, fish sauce, and brown sugar, to the pan.
10. Add the cooked beef back into the pan.
11. Combine all ingredients in the pan.
12. Add fresh basil to the noodles.
13. Serve the pad kee mao on a plate.
14. Garnish with fresh chilli and a squeeze of lime.
15. Garnish with sesame seeds.

## Equipment

- Pan
- Tongs
- Spatula
- Wooden cutting board
- Colander

## Tips

- Use any veg/protein that you like but lots of garlic is essential.
- Sprinkle the beef strips in bicarbonate of soda, this is a technique called velvetising and it gives the most tender tasty meat.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNR8rNfoT/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/cce4451d-66ff-4218-b9c8-611a101fab76
- Extracted: 2025-12-05

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