Pad Thai

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...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!