Ingredients
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil or canola oil, or olive oil (divided) shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 4 shallots, thinly sliced shopping list
- Fresh red chili peppers shopping list
- Any fresh vegetables you want to use (I used asparagus & snow peas) shopping list
- 12-16 fresh medium sized shrimp, cleaned and deveined (or 8 oz. chicken or diced tofu) shopping list
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten shopping list
- 1 bundle Pad Thai rice noodles (cooked, drained and rinsed as directed for stir fry) shopping list
- 1 cup fresh bean sprouts shopping list
- 3 Tbsp brown sugar shopping list
- 4 Tbsp fish sauce shopping list
- 5 Tbsp lime juice shopping list
- 1 Tsp Crushed chilies, red pepper (your choice) shopping list
- Fresh cilantro shopping list
- green onions (scallions) shopping list
How to make it
- Start with rice noodle and fresh veggies: scallions, green onions, asparagus, snow peas, red peppers, garlic, bean sprouts, and cilantro (anything you want to use)
- Buy bulk rice noodles at an Asian market, this bundle cost about a dollar. Add to boiling water and cook five minutes, drain and rinse.
- Any meat will do, I find peeled & de-veined shrimp on sale (less than $5 a pound) can use chicken, pork, beef, anything!
- Shrimp soaking in a garlic/ginger marinade (your call, the imagination is limitless!) [Remember, how you marinate the meat is how you give it character]
- Scallions thin sliced, garlic minced.
- Make the sauce (the key is the sauce, and again... the sky is the limit!) Experiment! This one is: Three tablespoons brown sugar, four tablespoons fish sauce, five tablespoons lime juice, your choice of heat.... chili powder, red pepper, etc. Heat until WARM (do not boil) or until sugar is dissolved. [sugar=sweet, fish sauce=salty, lime juice=tart, chili=hot] find the balance that suits your taste. (You can substitute any of these for similar tasting ingredients)
- Combine shallots, garlic, shrimp in two tablespoons of olive hot oil.
- Sauté until shrimp is opaque (or if other meat, until cooked/browned)
- Remove shrimp, shallots, and garlic from pan and place in bowl, set aside.
- In empty skillet, add two more tablespoons of olive oil, add two eggs (slightly beat) to hot oil & scramble, then add veggies, cook until veggies start to get tender.
- Reduce heat, add sauce and rice noodles to veggies.
- Spice it up! I like adding crushed red pepper.
- Add shrimp, shallots, and garlic, mix well.
- Add bean sprouts, green onions, and cilantro after veggies are tender.
- Mix well
- Serve with lime wedges and sprinkle with crushed red pepper.
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Reviewed by 5 people-
I am crazy about Pad Thai. Great sounding recipe.
joe1155
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I love Pad Thai, thanks! ^5
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