Pad Thai
A Thai dinner made with seafood. Ready in about 30 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 5 minCook (about)
- 30 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 7 oz tiger shrimps Shopping tip: Jumbo shrimp, raw (UK: king prawns). Frozen works.
Fresh & other
- 4 oz rice noodles
- Juice of 3 lime
- 2 tsp muscovado sugar Shopping tip: Dark brown sugar works (UK: muscovado).
- 4 green onions Shopping tip: Green onions (scallions).
- 5 oz bean sprouts
- 1 oz peanuts
- Handful cilantro
- 2 limes
Sauces & oils
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- To serve sweet chile sauce
Spices & seasonings (1): cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Put the noodles in a big heatproof bowl.
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Pour boiling water over them.
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Leave for 4 minutes.
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Drain and refresh under cold running water.
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Put the fish sauce, sugar, cayenne and lime juice in a bowl.
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Mix well.
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Have all your other ingredients ready by the cooker.
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Heat the oil.
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Fry the prawns until warmed through.
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Add the spring onions and noodles.
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Toss around.
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Tip in the lime juice mixture.
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Mix in your beansprouts and half the peanuts and coriander.
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Heat for 1 min until everything is heated through.
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Pile in a big dish, scatter using the rest of the peanuts and coriander.
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Dish up with lime wedges and sweet chilli sauce.
On the side: Cucumber salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Thinly slice the cucumbers.
- Toss with the rice vinegar and a pinch of salt. Let it sit a few minutes.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.