Pad Thai

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4 - 5 People

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  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 20 minutes
  • Total time: 30 minutes
  • Serves: 4 - 5 People

Ingredients

  • 4 Chicken thighs , (could use tofu or prawns)
  • 300 g Pack rice noodles
  • 60 g Tamarind paste/purée
  • 90 mL Fish sauce
  • 60 mL Soy sauce tamari
  • 2 tsp Palm sugar , (or sugar/honey)
  • 3 Eggs
  • 5 cloves Garlic
  • 1 bunch Spring onion
  • 1 handful Peanuts
  • 200 g Bean sprouts
  • Chilli , (flakes, powder or fresh)
  • 2 Limes
  • Peanut oil or olive oil
  • Salt

Method

  • 1)

    Get a wok or pan on stove on cranking high heat

  • 2)

    Sprinkle salt and cracked pepper over chicken. Add chicken thighs whole to pan with some olive oil or peanut oil (if using prawns- cook halved in shell till opaque, tofu – cook till crispy)

  • 3)

    Crack eggs and whisk and set aside

  • 4)

    Add tamarind paste, soy sauce, Palm sugar, fish sauce, zest of 2 limes to a bowl and mix to mostly dissolve sugar and set aside

  • 5)

    After approx 6-8 mins, flip chicken. Want it to be quite colored. Will only require approx 2 mins on second side. Then take out and leave to rest. Keep pan cranked hot with liquid from chicken still in bottom.

  • 6)

    Boil full kettle

  • 7)

    Heat a little oil in pan and add eggs, stir around. Cook for approx 1 min. Then set aside.

  • 8)

    Turn pan down to low

  • 9)

    Put noodles into pot, turn to high heat and cover in boiled water from kettle. Check packet for cooking time.

  • 10)

    Slice chicken

  • 11)

    Slice up approx 6 stems of spring onion. Put into bowl with bean sprouts, roughly chopped peanuts, juice of 2 limes.

  • 12)

    Strain noodles once cooked and run some cold water over them

  • 13)

    Chop garlic

  • 14)

    Take all of your ingredients over to your wok/pan

  • 15)

    Increase pan to high heat, add oil and heat it up

  • 16)

    Then add garlic into pan, add in noodles after 30 seconds then mix. After approx 1 min, add in egg evenly.

  • 17)

    Add in sauce progressively. ie half then mix, then add some more until all the noodles are coloured.

  • 18)

    Add chicken and mix

  • 19)

    Add 3/4 of bean shoot mix in (reserve some for fresh topping)

  • 20)

    After heating and mixing through for a couple of mins. Remove off heat and transfer onto serving platter.

  • 21)

    Top with some bean shoot mix

  • 22)

    Sprinkle with some chilli (optional)

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