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. In the event you’ve by no means had it, it’s a stir fry noodle dish that normally has shrimp, egg, bean sprouts and rice noodles stir fried in a candy and savory sauce and topped with chopped peanuts and contemporary lime. Conventional pad thai has plenty of totally different flavors occurring and a lot style! It’s in all probability one in every of my high consolation meals!

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

Associated: In the event you love shrimp dinners, subsequent up, strive shrimp scampi or ceviche.

Components

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

Additionally, you will need contemporary 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 crimson pepper flakes. Stir till the sugar dissolves.

Thaw the shrimp. If wanted, take away the tails and devein. Typically cooked shrimp will have already got this step completed. 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. Prepare dinner for an additional couple of minutes. Push all the pieces 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 all the pieces. Stir fry so all the pieces will get coated within the sauce and will get scorching. I take advantage of tongs to toss all the pieces simply. To serve, high with chopped cilantro, inexperienced onions and peanuts. Squeeze slightly contemporary lime juice over all the pieces.

Notes & Substitutions

• You may substitute the shrimp on this recipe for different proteins like further agency tofu or hen. Or you possibly can go away it out completely for extra of a stir fry noodle aspect dish choice.
• To make this pad thai recipe extra genuine, use tamarind juice, generally referred to as tamarind water, and even tamarind paste, generally 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 entails ketchup. 😉
• You may substitute the brown sugar for palm sugar.
• One of the simplest ways to thaw frozen shrimp is to put the sealed bag within the fridge in a single day.
• In the event you 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. Once 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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