Thai
Pad Thai
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the rice noodles in hot water until pliable, about 10 minutes, then drain.
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Whisk the fish sauce, tamarind paste, and sugar for the sauce.
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Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok over high heat and fry the tofu until golden, then the shrimp until pink, and remove both.
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Add the remaining oil and garlic, push to one side, and scramble the eggs.
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Add the drained noodles and sauce and toss until the noodles absorb the liquid, about 3 minutes.
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Return the shrimp and tofu, add the bean sprouts and scallions, and toss to heat through.
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Serve topped with crushed peanuts and lime wedges.
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Serve it with
A Thai dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Pad Thai, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Pad Thai carries peanuts, shellfish, eggs, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 5 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | Yes | Drunken Noodles with Chicken |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) |
| Eggs | Yes | Drunken Noodles with Chicken |
| Soy | Yes | Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) |
| Fish | Yes | Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 720 kcal
- Protein
- 41 g
- Carbs
- 84 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 15 g
- Sodium
- 1350 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Pad Thai takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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