Easy pad Thai
Serves 2-3
Easy
Total time:
Ready in 25-30 minutes
Almost a national dish of Thailand, Mary Cadogan's simplified take makes it easy to shop for - and very authentic tasting
Skip to ingredients
Showing items 1 to 3 of 6
- 125g (half a 250g pack) rice noodles
- 3 tbsp lime juiceabout 2 limes
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- 2 tsp light muscovado sugar
- 2 tbsp fish sauce(nam pla)
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 200g cooked and peeled tiger prawntails left on
- 4 spring onionssliced
- 140g beansprout
- 25g salted peanutfinely chopped
- a small handful of corianderleaves
To serve
- 1 or 2 limecut into wedges
- sweet chilli sauce
Nutrition: nutrition per serving for two
- kcal531
- fat20g
- saturates3g
- carbs62g
- sugars5g
- fibre2g
- protein27g
- salt3g
Method
step 1
Put the noodles in a large heatproof bowl, pour boiling water over them and leave for 4 minutes, then drain and refresh under cold running water.
step 2
Put the lime juice, cayenne, sugar and fish sauce in a bowl and mix well. Have all the other ingredients ready by the cooker.
step 3
Heat the oil and fry the prawns until warmed through. Add the spring onions and noodles and toss around. Tip in the lime juice mixture, then stir in the beansprouts and half the peanuts and coriander. Cook for 1 minute until everything is heated through.
step 4
Pile into a large dish, scatter with the rest of the peanuts and coriander, and serve with lime wedges and sweet chilli sauce.
