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Enjoy Pad Thai anytime using this Pad Thai Sauce. This perfectly sweet, tangy , a bit salty sauce with a little kick of spice is so easy and quick to make so you'll have a perfect dish every time.

Pad Thai Sauce

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Enjoy Pad Thai anytime using this Pad Thai Sauce. This perfectly sweet, tangy, a bit salty sauce with a little kick of spice is so easy and quick to make so you'll have a perfect dish every time.
Servings: 4 .5
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups water
  • 6-8 tablespoon tamarind paste (See Notes)
  • 8 discs palm sugar (16 oz)
  • 4 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 small shallots
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 2 pcs large dried red peppers (rehydrated or 6 small dried chilies)
  • 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce optional

Watch the Video:

Instructions:

Prep the Tamarind Sauce

  • Puree the tamarind concentrate using a blender. Add the whole pack + 1 cup of water to make a Tamarind paste.

Prep the Sauce:

  • Rehydrate the dried chilies overnight by soaking them in water to make them soft.
  • Place the shallots, garlic, and the rehydrated dried chilies in a blender to make a paste.
  • Heat the oil over medium heat. Stir fry the shallot/garlic/chili paste for a minute to infuse the aroma. Now, you can add 4 cups of water and let it boil.
  • Once the water is boiling, you can add the palm sugar disc. It may look like a lot of sugar but Pad Thai dish is always sweet, sour, and salty.
  • You can lower the heat now and add the fish sauce, the salt, and the Tamarind paste. I added around 8 tablespoon of tamarind paste, but you can adjust yours to 6 tbsp; it depends on your taste. Just add the paste gradually and adjust the taste to your liking.
  • Give the mixture a good stir allowing the palm sugar to dissolve thoroughly.
  • Try sifting the tamarind paste and use a spoon to dissolve or blend well in the mixture.
  • This final step is optional; I added the Sriracha sauce to give the sauce a nice color and taste much better.
  • Once all the ingredients are melted and blended well, transfer the mixture into a glass container. Let them cool down and store them in the fridge for future use.

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    Notes:

    For Tamarind Concentrate:
    1.) The level of the tartness of the tamarind concentrate that I bought was too strong, so I tried to puree it in a blender.
    Use the whole package ( as per the picture above) and add 1 cup of water to make a Tamarind paste.

    Nutrition Information:

    Calories: 468.39kcal | Carbohydrates: 112.64g | Protein: 1.77g | Fat: 3.22g | Saturated Fat: 0.27g | Sodium: 1271.6mg | Fiber: 1.27g | Sugar: 107.2g

    Please note that all nutrition information are just estimates. Values will vary among brands, so we encourage you to calculate these on your own for most accurate results.

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    Course: entree
    Cuisine: Asian, Thai
    Keywords: pad thai sauce, Pad thai sauce recipe, tamarind paste substitute