Pellet Smoker Cooking: Pad Thai, first cook in my new Wok

Jul 01 2014

I was anxious to try out my new seasoned wok. It has been awhile since I used a wok so my first cook would be Pad Thai. It is a popular dish from Thailand and fairly easy to cook. You can do shrimp or chicken or a combo of both. I just used shrimp for my dish. Tamarind is said to be essential and there is no good substitute for it other than sweet and sour. Tamarind is a pod like fruit and dried is usually used for Pad Thai, reconstituted in hot water. Rice noodles are used but you can make it with soba or wheat noodles.

I set up my gas burner outside and had all prepped to cook in dishes to add as I went. This was the first time I ever used a wok on gas heat and not sure why I never done it before now. I have had the gas burner about 30 years!

Earlier today I made up a tomato cucumber onion salad to serve with the Pad Thai.

2 med. tomatoes cut up

½ English cucumber, sliced thin

1 large Vidalia onion cut in wedges

¼ cup rice wine vinegar

2 TBS. Olive oil

Water to almost cover

Sea salt and fresh ground pepper

Best if set overnight in the fridge

When I started to cook it went fast, barely had time to snap pics and a couple sips of beer! I had the wok a little too hot at first but got it turned down for a fun cook.

We all thought this was pretty good; the daughter in law and grandson ate with us. I had mine with some crushed red pepper, green onions and crushed cashews.

I can see I am going to have fun cooking out on my wok; it makes a healthy meal in between some good BBQ and will probably make some good sides to go with BBQ.

My Pad Thai Recipe

Ingredients