1 1/2teaspoonsup to 1 tablespoon Srirachadepending on how spicy you like your Pad Thai (At 2 teaspoons it had a slight kick, but it wasn't so spicy that my somewhat adventurous five year old couldn't eat it.)
1/4cupfish sauce
1/4cuplow-sodium chicken broth
Savory Peanut Crust
1cupall-purpose flour
1/2cupunsalted roasted peanutsfinely chopped
1/4cupbrown sugar
2tablespoonsPad Thai saucefrom above
1/2cupunsalted buttermelted
Pad Thai Ingredients
1 1/4poundsbonelessskinless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
1tablespooncornstarch
3tablespoonssoy sauce
14ouncesrice noodles
1tablespoonolive oil
4-5garlic clovesminced
2green onionssliced (with a few slices reserved to top the pie)
1cupbean sprouts
1/2cupcoarsely chopped unsalted roasted peanuts
Cornstarch slurry1 tablespoon cornstarch plus one tablespoon water, stirred
In a small mixing bowl, mix all sauce ingredients until sugar has dissolved.
Savory Peanut Crust Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Mix all pie crust ingredients.
Press pie crust into the bottom and up the sides of a greased deep dish 9 inch pie pan.
Poke a few holes in the crust with a fork.
Bake the crust for 8 minutes.
Pad Thai Instructions
In a large bowl, coat chicken with cornstarch and soy sauce. Set aside.
Boil a large pot of water.
Drop noodles in the boiling water, turn off the heat, and let the noodles soak for five minutes or until soft but still firm in the center. Drain the noodles, but do not rinse (the extra starch helps keep the pie together).
Heat a large wok or skillet over medium-high heat.
Add the olive oil and garlic to the skillet and cook for one minute, stirring constantly.
Add the chicken to the skillet in one even layer and cook for five minutes on each side or until fully cooked.
Add the green onions to the skillet.
Immediately add the noodles, bean sprouts, peanuts, and remaining sauce.
Add the cornstarch slurry and toss everything together for two to three minutes until fully combined.
Remove Pad Thai from heat and cool until just warmer than room temperature (about 10 minutes). This step is important so that you do not cook the eggs when you add them.
Turn the oven back on to 350 F (if you had turned it off).
Stir in the eggs to the Pad Thai.
Pour the Pad Thai over the pre-baked crust.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Cover and bake for another 15 minutes.
Topping and Garnish Instructions
Top pie with peanuts, reserved onions, and cilantro.
Serve warm with slices of lime.
Notes
Making Pad Thai from scratch can be a bit daunting. If you love the idea of Pad Phai, but don't want to make Pad Thai from scratch, you can take out Pad Thai from a restaurant and add the eggs and crust from my recipe to convert it to a pie.