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Executive Chef Jet Tila of Wazuzu at Encore, Las Vegas graciously shares this recipe for Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mow) that can easily be prepared at home… without a 250,000 BTU Pow Wok!
Watch Viva Wazuzu to see Chef Jet make his famous Drunken Noodles!
Ingredients for Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mow):
3 tbsp black soy sauce
1 tbsp sweet soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp canola or peanut oil
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
2 eggs
1/3 pounds beef, pork or chicken, thin sliced against the grain
1/2 medium white onion, sliced
4 cups fresh rice noodles, separated
1 cup Thai basil leaves, loosely packed
1/2 medium tomato, sliced
1/2 tsp white pepper
Directions:
- Combine black soy, sweet soy, oyster sauce, and fish sauce in a small bowl and set aside.
- Heat oil to medium high in a medium sauté pan and sauté garlic until light brown.
- Add eggs and lightly scramble until set.
- Add meat and onions folding constantly until the meat is half cooked, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add fresh rice noodles, sauce, tomatoes and basil; toss to combine for about 3 to 5 minutes. Make sure the noodles are cooked until the edges are slightly crisp.
- Sprinkle white pepper to combine well and adjust seasonings as necessary.
FROM THE WAZUZU KITCHEN
Chef Jet and Chef de Partie, Alex Jun.
Hot and fresh dishes on the line.
Look at all those spices…
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Hey Betty,
so I fell into your website a few times, and this once I’m browsing. Girl, you have some amazing recipes, really.
As most of your international fans, I too have the “Lost in translation” issue. This dish up here sounds amazing and easy to make, but the various sauces I’m not familiar with. Any thoughts?
Thank you!
Hi Betty,
We have some of the best Thai food in the Northest right here in Connecticut and I have been looking for a recipe that matches the great Thai chefs of this area.
I CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS RECIPE IS BETTER THAN ANY DRUNKEN NOODLE I HAVE HAD IN ANY RESTURAUNT!!
When I took the first bite, I just couldn’t believe how good the dish was. It is so hard to duplicate what the great chefs create, but this recipe exceeded any and all expectations. Thanks!!
Oh yeah!! I can make this. Thank god, I won’t need a nuclear wok to do so either! Thanks, AB!!
Thanks for dropping by my site, Eddie! I’m honored ;)
Oh to have a Pow Wok! When Jet lifts that thing up it’s like looking into the gate of hell!
Great interview! Love me some jet tila, and this was so fun to watch and informative too!
Thanks Amy! Jet is not only an awesome chef, he is one of the coolest people you will ever meet :)
The Encore at the Wazuzu is our favorite place to eat. My nephew’s favorite meal in Vegas was Chef Jet Tila’s “Drunken Noodles” and he is going back to Vegas this year to get the same thing. So glad to see this recipe on the interent, so I can try it at home until we get back there. We live in Florida and only get to Vegas about once every two years. Can’t wait that long to taste it again. Wish me luck.
I made this, I loved this and I recommend it strongly. I did modify one thing though. Instead of fish sauce I used a mushroom flavored soy sauce and instead of black soy I used regular Kikkoman soy sauce
( because thats what I had with me at the time) Also don’t forget the black pepper it really brings everthing into perfect harmony.
Thank you for this recipe.
April
Forgive me I meant white pepper on my previous post.
April! Thank you So much for your comments — it’s so cool to hear from someone else who has made this and I’m so happy you had success. I’ll have to look into mushroom flavored soy sauce :)
Apart from Thai basil, you can use holy basil with this dish and very often finely chopped chilies and garlic mix is used instead of just garlic alone to increase the spiciness. Frankly, I have seen Kee Mow with holy basil more often than Thai bail where I live. It’s a common dish as Pad Thai.