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Gai Lan Pad See Ew

Thailand's wide-noodle standard, where gai lan is the whole point: stems and leaves charred with chicken, egg, and dark soy over the highest heat you own.

35 min MediumDairy-free

Ingredients

serves 4

From the garden

1 lb gai lan (Chinese broccoli), cut into 2-inch lengths, thick stems split lengthwise
4 cloves garlic, minced

From the pantry

1 lb wide rice noodles · fresh if you can get them, or 8 oz dried, soaked until pliable
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs, sliced thin across the grain
2 eggs
3 tbsp soy sauce · make one of the three dark soy if you have it, for color
1 tbsp fish sauce
2 tsp sugar
3 tbsp neutral oil · divided
2 tbsp rice vinegar · for the chili vinegar at the table
½ tsp red pepper flakes · stirred into the vinegar
black pepper · white pepper is the traditional grind

Let's make it

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