Pad Thai

By KDCooks

...work in progress!

Ingredients

• For Sauce:
• 1/4 cup brown sugar (or palm sugar - haven't been able to find)
• 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
• 1/8 cup fish sauce
• Juice of 1 lime (or 2TB tamarind paste - haven't been able to find)
• 3/4 lb cooked shrimp (or can use 2 boneless chicken breasts, sliced into thin strips)
• For Pad Thai:
• 12 Oz. Rice Noodles (I got the 'pre-cooked' ones)
• 1 TB vegetable oil
• 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 TB white sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped peanuts
• 2 cups bean sprouts
• 1 tsp sricha sauce (optional - make as hot as you want it)
• 4 Green Onions, chopped
• Red Pepper flakes
• Garnish with Cilantro

Preparation

Step 1

For Sauce:

Whisk brown sugar, vinegar, fish sauce, and lime juice in sauce pan.

In seperate pan, heat 1 TB oil and add garlic and shrimp to heat through. Then over med-high heat, stir in eggs, scramble until nearly cooked, about 2 minutes. Add cooked noodles and shrimp. Add in sauce, and 1TB sugar and 1 tsp salt, sricha sauce, red pepper. Cook until noodles are tender.

Stir in peanuts. Garnish with green onions, cilantro and, bean sprounts.

Enjoy!