Straightforward Pad Thai – A Lovely Mess

Whereas I’ve not but had the pleasure of visiting Thailand (it’s excessive on my record!), I’m a BIG fan of their nationwide dish: Pad Thai. If you happen to’ve by no means had it, it’s a stir fry noodle dish that often has shrimp, egg, bean sprouts and rice noodles stir fried in a candy and savory sauce and topped with chopped peanuts and recent lime. Conventional pad thai has quite a lot of completely different flavors occurring and a lot style! It’s in all probability certainly one of my prime consolation meals!

This pad thai recipe isn’t notably genuine, however it’s tasty and tremendous simple for any dwelling cook dinner to make in about half-hour (or much less).

Associated: If you happen to love shrimp dinners, subsequent up, attempt shrimp scampi or ceviche.

Elements

• Rice noodles
• Purple bell pepper
• Bean sprouts
• Garlic
• Shrimp – I exploit cooked (cocktail) shrimp
• Egg
• Sesame oil
• Rice vinegar
• Fish sauce
• Soy sauce
• Ketchup
• Brown sugar
• Purple pepper flakes

Additionally, you will need recent cilantro, peanuts, lime wedges and inexperienced onions to serve on the aspect.

Directions

Begin by cooking (soaking) the rice noodles. Boil sufficient water in a pot for the rice noodles to simply soak. As soon as the water involves a boil, take away from warmth. Add the rice noodles and canopy for 10-12 minutes. Drain earlier than including to the stir fry.

Subsequent, prep the sauce. In a small bowl, mix the rice vinegar, fish sauce, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar and pink pepper flakes. Stir till the sugar dissolves.

Thaw the shrimp. If wanted, take away the tails and devein. Generally cooked shrimp will have already got this step performed. Chop the bell pepper. Mince the garlic. If you’re utilizing canned bean sprouts, drain from the can liquid.

In a big skillet or wok, warmth the sesame oil over medium-high warmth. Stir fry the bell peppers for a pair minutes, and they need to blister. Then add the shrimp, bean sprouts and garlic. Cook dinner for one more couple of minutes. Push every thing to at least one fringe of the pan and switch the warmth down barely to medium. Add the egg and stir to scramble, then stir the opposite elements into the egg.

Add the noodles and pour the pad thai sauce over every thing. Stir fry so every thing will get coated within the sauce and will get sizzling. I exploit tongs to toss every thing simply. To serve, prime with chopped cilantro, inexperienced onions and peanuts. Squeeze just a little recent lime juice over every thing.

Notes & Substitutions

• You possibly can substitute the shrimp on this recipe for different proteins like further agency tofu or hen. Or you possibly can go away it out fully for extra of a stir fry noodle aspect dish possibility.
• To make this pad thai recipe extra genuine, use tamarind juice, typically referred to as tamarind water, and even tamarind paste, typically referred to as tamarind focus. I’ve a tough time discovering these elements within the grocery shops I usually store, so I have a tendency to stay to this much less conventional however nonetheless tremendous tasty model that includes ketchup. 😉
• You possibly can substitute the brown sugar for palm sugar.
• One of the best ways to thaw frozen shrimp is to position the sealed bag within the fridge in a single day.
• If you happen to or a member of the family has an egg sensitivity, you possibly can skip the egg on this recipe. It’s nonetheless nice with out it!
• Retailer any leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as three days. After I rewarm pad thai, I’ll place it on a microwave-safe plate, cowl with a humid paper towel, after which microwave for 45 seconds to a minute. The damp paper towel will assist to maintain the noodles from drying out.

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