Pad Thai
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8 oz or ½
package rice stick
(noodles)
1 cup
soft tofu, cubed
2
scrambled eggs
8 oz peeled,
deveined prawns/shrimp
3
cloves chopped
garlic
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
3 cups
bean
sprouts
4-6 chopped green
onions
1/2 - 1 cup chopped
fresh cilantro
1 lime,
juiced
1/4 cup chopped unsalted peanuts
Dressing:
3 Tbsp fish
sauce
2 Tbsp sweet rice
vinegar/2 Tbsp rice vinegar
with 1 tsp sugar
2 Tbsp peanut
sauce/peanut butter
1 Tbsp oil
1 Tbsp shrimp paste
1 Tbsp tamarind
paste/date paste/jam
1 - 3 Tbsp chili
sauce/chili paste/fresh chilies
3 cloves crushed garlic
SOAK rice stick in large bowl for ½ hour in enough
boiling water to cover.
MIX tofu cubes in a bowl along with all the dressing
ingredients. SET ASIDE.
SAUTÉ prawns in garlic with a little oil until prawns
turn pink – ADD to tofu and dressing.
SCRAMBLE eggs – ADD to tofu and dressing.
SAUTÉ chicken until cooked – ADD to tofu and
dressing.
DRAIN noodles and return to large bowl. ADD tofu mix.
TOSS lightly, being careful not to break the noodles.
TOSS in bean sprouts, onions and cilantro.
SQUEEZE lime juice over top.
SPRINKLE with peanuts.
COVER and let flavours integrate for 1 hour.
Enjoy hot or cold.
Notes:
Serves 6? Can be refrigerated for 3 days. Do not
freeze.
There won’t be any left, see?


