Pad See Ew

 

What kind of noodles do you need for pad see ew?

This is the tricky part. Fresh wide rice noodles can be very tough to find, especially if you don’t live in a city or town with Asian grocery stores (a travesty, I know). And even then, not all Asian grocers are created equal, and some don’t carry Thai products. Your best bet is a large Asian supermarket that’s known to sell food from every East Asian country. Your second-best bet is to visit a Thai grocery store.

The noodle you’re looking for is called banh pho. It can come in a variety of thicknesses, but all are essentially the same noodle. For pad see ew, you want a wide noodle, so choose something between 1" and 2". Once you secure the fresh noodles (this will feel like a major victory, I promise), leave them at room temperature until you’re ready to cook. Ice cold noodles will have trouble separating in the wok, leaving you with a clumpy noodle mess.