Drunken Spaghetti

Pad Kee Mao

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Family Thai: Bringing the Flavors of Thailand Home

By Arnold Myint

Published 2025

  • About

There are a couple theories about why drunken noodles earned their name. One is that spicy food is what you crave while drinking (this checks out—Thai people love spicy foods any time of day, but especially when they’re drunk). Another is that they are the perfect hangover cure. Whatever the reason, you don’t need a night out to enjoy this dish. To make it my own, I use an Italian ingredient, spaghetti, instead of the traditional rice noodles—Thai-talian fusion at its best. Spaghetti is act