Rice noodles, aka rice sticks, come in different widths; for this dish, get the ones that are about 2mm (less than ⅛in) wide, which are sometimes labelled pad thai noodles.

If you're an enthusiastic cook of noodle-based Asian dishes like pad Thai, chicken pad see ew ... undifferentiated mass or plain mush instead of elegant individual strands. Our advice is to pre-cook ...