Homemade Thai Noodle Recipe

I LOVE Thai food, but don't have the budget to buy it every time I crave it.
So I made my own version and adding up the costs, it was only about $15.60 for 6 servings.

When I posted this, they asked how I got it to be so affordable and I will share the cost breakdown at the end and where to get certain items that are hard to find.

Ingredients:
- 1 tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1/2 package of Mushrooms
- 1/2 bunch of Chinese Broccoli
- 1/2 package of Baby Carrots
- 4 cloves minced Garlic
- 1 lb cubed Boneless Organic Chicken Thighs
- 1 egg
- 1 tbs sugar
- 4 tbs Light Soy Sauce
- 3 tbs Dark Soy Sauce
- 1 pkg of Rad Na Noodles
- 8 cups of water


Now this dish was stir fry all the way.
It's just the order of how you need to stir fry, it goes by fast, so you need to work quickly.

Preparations:
- Heat a pot of water for 15 to 20 minutes.

- Chop the mushroom lengthwise, chop the chinese broccoli in half, and chop the baby carrots lengthwise very thin.

- When the water boils, put in a two pinches of salt so that noodles do not stick. Then put in the package of noodles. Let it boil until the noodles are soft to your liking. After you drain the noodles, rinse it quickly with cold water.

- Heat up a wok or a frying pan with tall sides at medium heat.

- Put in the extra virgin olive oil, garlic. Let it simmer until you can smell the garlic and then toss in the chicken.

- After the chicken browns, toss in drained noodles and stir.

- After stirring a little, you make space in the center of the noodles and chicken (so it looks like a donut) so that you can scramble the egg in the middle of it.

- After the egg has been cooked, toss in the mushrooms, broccoli and carrots. Stir.

- SAUCE TIME! Put in the sugar, and both types of soy sauce.
Now I did put certain measurements for the light and dark soy sauce, but taste as you go and see what works for you.

- Stir it all together until it is incorporated pretty evenly and Bon Appetit!

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COST BREAKDOWN! Keep in mind, This is an estimate (usually rounding up so it can be lower than this in your own calculations) and your estimate calculations may vary upon how much you pay for these particular products in your local grocery stores.

- Extra Virgin Olive Oil   ------------------$.10
- 1/2 package of Mushrooms --------------$.75
- 1/2 bunch of Chinese Broccoli ----------$1.50
- 1/2 package of Baby Carrots ------------$.75
- 4 cloves minced Garlic ------------------ $.10
- 1 lb Boneless Organic Chicken Thighs  $5.90
- 1 egg --------------------------------------$.25
- 1 tbs sugar --------------------------------$.05
- 4 tbs Light Soy Sauce -------------------$.60
- 3 tbs Dark Soy Sauce --------------------$.60
- 1 pkg of Rad Na Noodles ----------------$5.00
- 8 cups of water ----------------------------Free

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WHERE to find certain items:
Chinese Broccoli - a Chinese grocery store or a similar Korean version would be YOO CHO EE (유초이)

Light and Dark Soy Sauce - difference between them is that one looks lighter than the other....I know that is obvious, but you can literally see the difference if get a small bottle of both and see it for yourself. I personally use Kikkoman Light Low Sodium Soy Sauce and HyangSan Stir-Fry Sauce which is a thicker texture, but has great flavoring.

Rad Na Noodles - I found the noodles at my local Ralphs in the international food section.

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