Skip to content
Back to your kitchen
Pumpkin Pad Kee Mao
🇹🇭 Thai

Pumpkin Pad Kee Mao

🇹🇭 Thai

Drunken noodles — flat rice noodles tossed blazing-hot with pumpkin, basil and chilies. Ready in 17 minutes including prep.

Prep 12 min Cook 5 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Spring Onions3, sliced
  • Thai Basil1 handful
  • Fish Sauce2 tbsp
  • Shallots3 cloves, minced
  • Pumpkin500 g, cubed
  • Noodles250 g
  • Coconut Oil2 tbsp
  • Bird's Eye Chilies4
  • Wide Rice Noodles300 g

Instructions

  1. 1

    Boil the noodles a minute shy of the packet time, drain, and toss with a splash of the Coconut Oil so they don't clump.

  2. 2

    Heat the rest of the Coconut Oil in a wok until it shimmers, then flash the garlic for a few seconds.

  3. 3

    Add the pumpkin and cook until just done, then splash in the fish sauce.

  4. 4

    Slide the noodles in and toss vigorously for 60 seconds so every strand picks up the sauce.

  5. 5

    Finish off the heat with spring onions and fresh cilantro.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of lime just before serving lifts every other flavour.

Cook it with your pantry → Share this page: /dish/2848

Watch how it's made

Video: Vegan Pad Kee Mao | Drunken Noodles | Thai · on YouTube