So I made Pad Thai in my Instant Pot Pressure cooker and you need to do it too

I made Pad Thai, well my version of it, be nice, it's just dinner.  I made it in my pressure cooker because I can and because I wanted to see how the noodles would work without soaking at all.  Spoiler alert, they work beautifully.

Ok, here's the quickie, it's a method rather than recipe, there's a video link below to my youtube so you can see what I did.

TRACY'S PRESSURE COOKER INSTANT POT PAD THAI

RECIPE

some oil in bottom
ground pork or chicken or pieces of chicken or beef or whatever protein floats your boat
(in the video link below, I used .75/lb of ground pork, with chicken, I use a HUGE chicken breast and slice it thinly)
sliced onion
crushed garlic
garlic/ginger paste (optional)
pad thai paste
light soy
chili oil (optional)
thinly sliced veggies, anything works, carrots, cabbage
rice noodles
green onion
bean sprouts (I use canned and use half a can in this video)
water

METHOD

partially brown the meat in the oil,
add the veggies and garlic and onion and carrots and whatever other veggie you like
add pad thai sauce/paste, soy and chili oil if you like
add 1 1/2 cups water
lay half packet of rice noodles on top

lock and load, 3 minutes high pressure, release immediately
stir the noodled into the meat and veggies
stir, add bean sprouts, green onion, stir and close lid, tightly, and just leave it on warm for TEN minutes

stir, add peanuts, the greens of onions and eat!!  squirt with lime!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xkR_nxt614

It's quick, it's easy because it's in one pot, it's all good, it's absolutely one of my 'go to' recipes and I hope you like it as much as we do.  I also like that it's infinitely customizable, add what you like, make it vegetarian, use leftover veggies (put them in for the ten minute rest, not the pressure cook) use all the meats, add shrimp, add scrambled egg...  just do it :D

I hope you enjoy,

/tracy

QUICKIE DRIVE BY dinner idea - Roasted Asian salmon with stirfry rice noodle.

I'm starting a new segment here, Drive By Dinners... no long recipes just ideas and lists of ingredients that I threw together to make dinner and they worked :)  No play by play pics, just a couple of shots of the finished product.

IF you need a detailed recipe, let me know and I'll update the posts.

OK, here we go:

ASIAN SALMON WITH STIR FRY RICE NOODLE

INGREDIENTS:

Salmon 1 1/2 - 2 lb piece or however much you have
Rice vermicelli noodle

Whatever veggies you have in the fridge, chop then small.  Grate the ginger and the garlic

cabbage
green onion
onion
carrot
ginger
garlic

Broth or water

Asian type spices from that shelf in your fridge you never use

Soak the rice noodles in a big bowl in the sink in hottest tap water, shush them around with your hands a bit to soften and divide them, takes about 5 minutes.  You know when they're soft enough when you can wrap them around your finger and they don't break.

I get in there with scissors and cut them up, I like short noodles for this.

Make a sauce combination for your salmon:
2 big tablespoons of honey, same amount of soy sauce
a few drops of sesame oil and a glug of vinegar (rice wine, or herbed or plain)
spoonful of sugar
a garlic clove minced and about an inch of ginger, also minced
chopped up green onion a little water to thin
TASTE it!!

Put the salmon in a huge piece of foil, mix up the sauce and pour it on the salmon.
Wrap the salmon tightly and throw into a 400 degree oven for about 15 minutes.

Open the foil and broil the salmon till it's dark and dark and dark and crazy caramelized delicious



While the salmon cooks toss oil in a huge pan, throw in a couple of beaten eggs, whip them fast and take them out.
Add more oil and throw in ginger and garlic, shush it around till you smell it and add all the rest of the veggies you have, chopped small...  fry them around a bit, add a little water to help cook it down.

Throw in whatever you have like soy or some of the sauce from the salmon, and add the soaked and drained noodles and about 1/2 cup of water or broth, toss it all around, adjust seasoning, keep it moving.  Throw in the eggs.  The noodles absorb the liquid, add more, i like it to be relatively dry.

Put huge amounts in bowls and serve the salmon on top with any sauce, liquid in the foil...

Sprinkle with green onion.  EAT!

PS it's great cold, tossed as a salad!!

ENJOY!!!