PAD THAI RECIPE
You can make amazing restaurant-quality Pad Thai from home, in under 30 minutes! It's everyone's favorite Thai dish and it's packed with fresh ingredients and a simple homemade pad thai sauce you will love.
WHAT IS PAD THAI?
Pad Thai is a Thai stir-fry dish made with rice noodles, shrimp, chicken, or tofu, peanuts, scrambled egg and bean sprouts. The ingredients are sauteed together in a wok and tossed in a delicious pad thai sauce.
HOW DO YOU MAKE PAD THAI?
- Cook or soak the rice noodles, according to the instructions on your package, until they are tender.
- Make the Pad Thai sauce by combining the fish sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar, sriracha and peanut butter.
- Stir fry the chicken, shrimp, tofu, bell peppers and scrambled eggs.
- Add the noodles, sauce and bean sprouts to the pan and toss everything to combine. Top with peanuts, green onion, cilantro and limes.
INGREDIENTS:
- 8 oz flat rice noodles
- 3 tablespoons oil, divided
- 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 8 oz uncooked shrimp, uncooked chicken (cut into bite-size pieces) or extra firm tofu (cut into small cubes)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup bean sprouts
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 3 green onions, chopped
- ½ cup crushed peanuts
- 2 limes, cut into wedges
- ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
For the sauce :
- 3 Tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 Tablespoon light soy sauce
- 5 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 Tablespoons sriracha, or more to taste
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter, optional
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cook or soak rice noodles according to package instructions, until tender.
- Mix the sauce ingredients together. Set aside.
- Heat 1½ tablespoons of oil in a large saucepan or wok over medium-high heat.
- Add the shrimp, chicken or tofu, garlic and bell pepper. The shrimp will cook quickly, about 1-2 minutes on each side, or until pink. If using chicken, cook until just cooked through, about 3-4 minutes, flipping only once.
- Push everything to the side of the pan. Add a little more oil and add the beaten eggs. Scramble the eggs, breaking them into small pieces with a spatula as they cook.
- Add noodles, sauce, bean sprouts and peanuts to the pan (reserving some peanuts for topping at the end). Toss everything to combine.
- Top with green onions, extra peanuts, cilantro and lime wedges. Seve immediately!
