There are several versions of Rad Na. Your choice of noodles ranges from thick flat rice noodles to thin vermicelli to fried egg noodles, crispy yellow noodles. If you don’t like oil or you on a diet then you can cook noodles with hot water instead. The meat can be pork, chicken or seafood. The most common Rad Na is Rad Na Moo or Pork Rad Na. A good Pork Rad Na has tender pork with soft chewy noodles and plenty of gravy. The vegetables we can use the same as we use for Pad See Ew.
Ingredients
- 2 -3 stalks Chinese broccoli
- 1 tablespoon dark sweet soy sauce
- 1 lb (450 g) fresh flat rice noodles
- 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
Pork Marinade
- 1 large egg
- ¼ tsp sesame oil
- ¼ tsp white pepper
- 2 tsp oyster sauce
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons tapioca starch
- ½ cup of water
Rad Na Gravy
- 2 tablespoon corn flour or tapioca starch teaspoon white pepper
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ½ tablespoon Maggi or Golden Mountain sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 cups chicken or pork stock (homemade with no salt added)
- 2 tablespoon “tao jiew” or fermented soy bean paste
- 2 tablespoon chopped garlic
How to Make It
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For Preparation
- For a delicious homemade pork stock go to How to Make a Good Stock or, for an easier, but less authentic and less tasty, alternative, use stock cubes.
- Marinate the pork for at least 30 minutes Mix the pork with all the marinade. I normally do this the day before and the result is delicious.
- Cut Chinese broccoli into 1 to 2 inch lengths. Thick stems take longer to cook so cut them at an angle (on the bias) into thin pieces. Now the leaves and stems will cook at the same rate.
- Chop the garlic. Slice pork thinly. Dissolve the corn flour or tapioca starch with water. Prepare all the sauces ready for cooking. For Cooking
- Heat the pan then put the oil in and use a high heat. Add the noodles with the dark soy sauce. Stir the noodles quickly. When there is some browning of the noodles remove them from the heat and set aside.
- In a separate pan heat some oil in and add the crushed garlic and fermented soy bean paste and stir until you get an aromatic garlic smell and the garlic turns slightly brown.
- Add the stock, soy sauce, Maggi sauce and sugar. When the sauce is boiling add the pork and stir, then add the Chinese broccoli.
- Pour the starch/water mixture a small amount at a time and wait until the gravy turn brown, keep added the starch/water until you get the consistency you are happy with.
- Remove from heat. Plate the noodles and pour gravy on top. Sprinkle with white pepper on top and serve with standard Thai condiments.
