![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But even without stir frying, the resulting flavor more than makes up for the textural loss. You can however give it the ol' ‘ wok hei’ if you're up to it. So without stir frying, this recipe ends up a little wetter than pad thai normally would be. While you can absolutely stir fry meals in the backcountry, it's just not worth the hassle in my lazy humble opinion. Be that as it may, I've come up with a recipe that gets incredibly close in taste, albeit sacrificing some texture. After all, we're trying to preserve our food. Unfortunately the fresh and light taste doesn't exactly lend well with backpacking food. If you've never had pad thai, just chalk up the last sentence to food snobbery or go find some to try for yourself and you'll understand. What I find missing is that rich unctuous savory flavor that manages to simultaneously taste fresh and light. They typically taste like rice noodles slathered in peanut butter. While there exists pre-made pad thai backpacking meals, the majority of them don't taste much like pad thai. Regardless of humble beginnings it is now a popular staple even outside of Thailand, not only because it's affordable but also because it's incredibly dang tasty! Naturally it finds a perfect place on a site about cheap and tasty backpacking foods like this one. Pad thai has a long interesting history with its popularity in food culture spurred by post World War II recovery efforts in Thailand. ![]()
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