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Pad Thai

Why settle for take-out when you can put together a tasty (and piping hot!) pad Thai in just 30 minutes? Take it from slightly spicy to 5 stars by adjusting the amount of red pepper flakes.

Pad Thai

Ingredients

225 g flat rice noodles, cooked and rinsed
1-2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic minced
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 eggs beaten
1 cup fresh bean sprouts
60 g dry-roasted peanuts, more for garnish
For the sauce:
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons fish sauce
60 g brown sugar
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1/4 teaspoon red paper flakes, more or less to taste
For serving:
3 green onions, thinly sliced
1-2 limes, sliced into wedges
15 g fresh cilantro, chopped, more or less to taste

Preparation

Preparation

Step 1

Make the sauce: in a small bowl, mix all the ingredients together for the sauce. Set aside.  

Step 2

Cook the noodles as indicated on the package and rinse them with cold water to prevent them from sticking. 

Step 3

Fry the chicken: heat about a tablespoon of oil in a large frying pan on a medium heat. Put the chicken and garlic in the pan, season with salt and fry for about 3-4 minutes until the chicken is cooked.

Step 4

Scramble the eggs: move chicken to one side of pan and add a bit more oil to the other side. Pour the beaten eggs into the pan and scramble. 

Step 5

Complete the Pad Thai: when the eggs are cooked but still moist, add the sauce, noodles, bean sprouts and peanuts to the pan. Stir together well until the noodles are warm throughout. 

Step 6

Divide the Pad Thai into four serving bowls and garnish with the spring onion, coriander, some extra peanuts and a wedge of lime.  

Mix It Up - Swap chicken for shrimp or go vegetarian by using tofu — just use extra soy sauce in place of fish sauce. Or sneak in more veggies by trading rice noodles for zoodles.

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