Pad Thai

Pad Thai is a delicious stir fry noodle dish that is one of Thailand's national dishes. This recipe is a family friendly version that combines rice noodles with chicken breasts, bean sprouts, coriander and peanuts.

Ingredients

  • 200g rice stick noodles

    gluten free

  • 2 tbsp peanut oil

  • 3 chicken breast fillets

    sliced

  • 2 red chillies

    seeded, chopped

  • 1 clove garlic

    finely chopped

  • 4 spring onions

    finely chopped

  • 2 tbsp fish sauce

    (40ml)

  • 2 tbsp tamarind concentrate or rice vinegar

  • 2 cups bean sprouts

  • 4 fried tofu puffs

    optional, quartered

  • ¼ cup roasted peanuts

    chopped

  • ½ cup chopped coriander

  • fried shallots

    to serve

  • lime wedges

    to serve

Equipment

  • 1 wok
  • 1 large bowl

Instructions

    Notes

    Tip
    Tamarind concentrate, tofu puffs and fried shallots are from your local Asian grocer.
    Tip
    If you don’t want to stock up on these more exotic ingredients, you can buy Pad Thai kits (eg Asia@home) from the supermarket.

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