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Pad Thai Sauce Recipe (Easy and Authentic)
Make restaurant-quality noodles at home with this easy, authentic pad thai sauce recipe—ready in 20 minutes with only 4 ingredients. This recipe yields enough sauce for my authentic chicken pad Thai recipe or beef pad Thai.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 225 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
Thai
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup or 3.5 oz palm sugar
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 3 tbsp tamarind paste
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Warm palm sugar in a saucepan over low heat, stir until it dissolves and starts to take on a golden caramel hue.
- Add fish sauce, tamarind paste, and water. Stir and allow it to cook over low heat for about 5 minutes, letting the flavors meld and intensify.
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Notes
- Use the nutrition card in this recipe as a guideline.
Nutrition Information
Calories
225kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
59g
(20%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
0.1g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.1g
(1%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.01g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.04g
Sodium
1518mg
(63%)
Potassium
203mg
(6%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
42g
(84%)
Vitamin A
9IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
26mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 225
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 225kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 59g | 20% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 0.1g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Sodium | 1518mg | 63% |
| Potassium | 203mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 42g | 84% |
| Vitamin A | 9IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 26mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.