Pad Thai
Try this quick and simple pad Thai recipe for an authentic and delicious tasting Thai dish.
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Ingredients
- 125 g Rice stick 5mm (rice noodles)
- 2 tbsps tamarind paste
- 2 tbsps Fish sauce
- 2 tbsps Oyster sauce
- 3 tbsps Soft brown sugar
- ½ Onion sliced
- 4 Cloves of garlic chopped
- 150 g Chicken thinly sliced
- 2 Eggs lightly beaten
- 100 g Beansprouts
- 100 g Firm tofu cut into small chunks
- 50 g peanuts chopped
- 4 Spring onions sliced
- 2 Red chillies sliced
- Limes to serve
Instructions
- Soak the noodles in boiling water, leave them for five-seven minutes, then drain them in a colander.
- Meanwhile, in a bowl add the brown sugar, tamarind paste, fish sauce and oyster sauce. Mix it well and set it aside.
- In a large frying pan, add the sliced onion and garlic and cook over a medium to high heat for a minute, stirring occasionally.
- Add in the chicken and cook for a few minutes.
- Once the chicken is cooked, push it to the side of the pan and pour in the eggs into the other side.
- Mix well until the eggs have scrambled.
- Add the beansprouts, tofu and noodles. Toss together and cook for a minute.
- Add in the sauce you prepared earlier and stir well.
- Stir through the spring onions and chopped peanuts which will give it a nice crunch.
- Serve in a bowl with sliced chilli, more chopped peanuts and a squeeze of lime juice.
