Pad Thai
Pad Thai is a delicious fragrant dish of stir-fried rice noodles, originating from Thailand. This version contains chicken, peanuts with a tamarind, chilli and soy sauce - it has a spicy kick!
- Serves4
- Preparation Time20 mins
- Additional Timeplus soaking of rice noodles
- Cooking Time15 mins
Ingredients
For the sauce:
- 2 tbsp tamarind paste
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- 150 ml hot water
- 2 tbsp Kikkoman Soy Sauce
- 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
For the rest:
- 300 g rice noodles
- 2 chicken breasts
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 60 g peanuts, roasted and roughly chopped
- 2 limes (juice and zest)
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 60 g bean sprouts
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ½ bunch of coriander leaves
- 1 spring onion, chopped
Method
For the sauce, put tamarind paste and sugar in a bowl. Pour hot water on top and season with Kikkoman soy sauce and chilli flakes.
Soak rice noodles in a bowl of cold water for about 6 minutes, then pour hot water over them and let them steep for about 10 minutes.
In the meantime, cut the chicken breast into small pieces and fry it in a pan with coconut oil.
Add shallots, garlic and rice noodles and toss. Add bean sprouts and eggs and toss well again. Deglaze with the tamarind sauce and season to taste with the lime juice and zest.
