• Use a flat and thin-edge wooden spoon or spatula for stir-frying. The thinner tip will not break up the noodles or the eggs as much since they are both very fragile and soft and break easily during tossing and stir-frying.
• For a more tender and juicy chicken, soak 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/4 cup of water with the chicken in a medium bowl for 15 minutes. Rinse well before cooking. This technique will tenderize the meat for a tender and silky chicken. This extra step is worth the effort!
• Pre-make the sauce ahead of time is also an option to help speed things up. Just be sure to stir the sauce well before using it to help “wake up” all the pieces that have settled to the bottom. (:
• When you come to the steps where you are pouring the sauce into the stir fry, use only half of the sauce first, carefully stir the sauce into the noodles, and wait a minute or two before you pour the rest of the sauce into the wok to finish it all off. This technique will help the stir-fry not get too mushy from the excessive sauce used simultaneously. This technique saves me time and time again.
• Another helpful technique is to pour the sauce on the outer edges of the wok during the second half of the sauce. This technique allows the sauce to cook and reduce slightly quicker while still seasoning the food in the wok.
• Great vegetables for substitute if you cannot find Chinese broccoli are: Broccolini or broccoli combined with kale or collard greens. For the broccoli, use part of the stems by slicing it very thinly (around 2 inches long).  
• Proteins best for Pad See ew are beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, or tofu.
• Wide rice noodles: They are typically found in the refrigerated section of an Asian store wrapped up in saran wrap on a styrofoam board. Most will be in large sheets and, more often than not, are hardened. Fresh noodles are nearly impossible to find. For the hardened noodles, I usually cut the noodles into 6 equal large pieces for 1 recipe. (These noodles usually come in a 2 lbs package so you can make 2 recipes with 1 package.) This size is easier to handle and won’t break off easily during the stir-frying process. After cutting the noodles, microwave them for 2-3 minutes until they are soft enough to separate the sheets. Wait until the noodles cool off before peeling them, and after doing so, set the noodles aside until ready to cook.

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