Pad Thai

Name: Pad Thai
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 (12 ounce) package rice noodles; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into bite-sized pieces; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 4 eggs; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 3 tablespoons white sugar; 1/8 tablespoon crushed red pepper; 2 cups bean sprouts; 1/4 cup crushed peanuts; 3 green onions, chopped; 1 lemon, cut into wedges

"This is a traditional Pad Thai recipe used by a friend's mother. You can use chicken, pork, beef, tofu, or a combination. You may want to start with less pepper, and work your way up."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients

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Why it works: Rice and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,769 recipes. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

Pad Thai

6 servings

Prep40 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

956Calories

52 gProtein

49 gFat

79 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Bean	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,769 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,083 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,776 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Chicken + white winetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,904 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,806 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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