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There are many kinds of Rat na but the most popular Rat na is Rat na with pork sauce but Rat na can also eat with shrimp sauce or chicken sauce. If you would like to try eating another sauce you just change ingredient to meat that you would like to. Here is the ingredients and instructions of Rat na with pork sauce in Thailand.

Pork Marinade
-	3 center cut pork loins, thinly sliced

-	2 tbsp of tapioca flour

-	1 tsp of Thai seasoning sauce

-	1 tbsp of Thai white soy sauce

-	2 tbsp of oyster sauce

-	1 tsp of sesame oil

-	2 tsp of sugar

-	1 tsp ofwhite pepper powder

-	1 egg white

-	1/4 c. water

Noodles
-	3-4 serving size of wide rice noodles (usually half a package)

-	2 tbsp oyster sauce or 2 tsp. Thai black soy sauce

Broth
-	1 tbsp oil

-	8 garlic cloves, minced

-	2 tbsp yellow bean sauce

-	3 c. pork broth (or chicken if you can't find pork)

-	2 tbsp tapioca flour

-	1 tsp. water

-	1/2 pound of fresh chinese broccoli, coarsely chopped

-	1 tbsp oyster sauce

-	1 tbsp Thai seasoning sauce

-	1 tbsp sugar

-	Vinegar (optional)

-	Thai chili sauce (optional)

Instructions
-	Mix marinade ingredients together. Add pork and marinate for four hours but even overnight is better!

-	Soak the rice noodles 30 minutes at least in cold water.

-	Warm up a pan and add cooking oil.

-	Throw in the noodles and add water and sauce slowly until noodles become soft.

-	Set noodles aside.

-	Add oil to pan and let it warm.

-	Add garlic and cook until fragrant.

-	Throw in yellow bean paste, pork broth and pork.

-	Cook until the pork isn’t pink.

-	Mix water and tapioca flour in a bowl and stir it into the broth.

-	Add in chinese broccoli, the sauces and sugar to taste. Cook until chinese broccoli is tender but still crisp, just for a few minutes.

-	If you like your rat na more gooey and less soupy, add a bit more tapioca flour.

Tips and Techniques
-	Broccoli substitutions: try collard greens, broccoli, or kohl rabi.

-	Good Rat Nah has really tender pork and part of the trick for the tenderest pork is coating it in tapioca flour before cooking it.

-	If you have a non-stick pan, you can use it. The noodles won't stick to the pan,

-	The amount of pork and Chinese broccoli isn’t fix. You can add more of both if you would like to.