Quick & Easy Shrimp Pad Thai

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  • Prep Time

    25 mins

  • Cook Time

    25 mins

  • Total Time

    30 mins

  • Servings

    1 large serving

  • Calories

    984 kcal

  • Course

    Main Course

  • Cuisine

    Thai

Quick & Easy Shrimp Pad Thai

Chewy rice noodles fried with jumbo shrimp, tofu and eggs with vegetables in a savory, sweet and tangy sauce. This quick and easy shrimp pad thai beats takeout saving you money! A great main dish or meal for the whole family!

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 10 jumbo shrimp deveined and your preference to leave it peeled or unpeeled
  • 4.05 oz dried thin flat rice noodles
  • 4.05 oz firm tofu cubed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 ¼ cup bean sprouts
  • 1 cup garlic chives chopped into 1 inch length
  • ½ shallot chopped
  • 1 clove garlic roughly minced
  • 3 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil

Sauce:

  • 3 tablespoon palm sugar finely chopped or sub with brown sugar
  • 1.5 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 3 tablespoon water

Tamarind Concentrate for Sauce

  • 2.11 oz tamarind pulp
  • cup hot boiling water

Optional

  • ½ lime garnish
  • ¼ cup peanuts crushed, for garnish
  • 2-3 tablespoon water if needed to help cook noodles
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Instructions

  1. To make your tamarind concentrate: submerge tamarind pulp in ⅓ cup hot boiling water. Allow for it to cool and then with your hands, squeeze and massage the pulp as best you can, until it dissolves in the water.
  2. Strain as much as the tamarind liquid through a fine sieve and discard the hard bits and seeds, reserving the liquid which is now your tamarind concentrate.
  3. Combine tamarind concentrate, fish sauce, palm sugar and water until sugar has dissolved. Set aside.
  4. Soak your rice noodles in hot boiling water for 2 minutes until limp but firm and strain. Set aside. Do not over soak the noodles!
  5. In a large pan medium high heat, add 1 tablespoon oil and the shrimp. Fry until 50% cooked. Remove and set aside.
  6. If needed, add another 1 tablespoon of oil. Fry shallots and garlic for 10 seconds. Add firm tofu and gently toss for 20-30 seconds.
  7. Toss in rice noodles and sauce mixing for 2-3 minutes. Taste your noodles to see if they're chewy at this point, if not add a 2-3 tablespoons of water to help cook them until they are.
  8. Add shrimp, then push everything to the side. Add remaining oil into the empty space of wok followed by eggs. Scramble them first and then mix in with noodles.
  9. Toss in bean sprouts and garlic chives for 10-20 seconds. Remove off heat. Do not overcook them as they will wilt with the residual heat anyway. Optional: serve with limes and crushed peanuts. Enjoy!

Nutrition Information

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Calories 984kcal (49%) Carbohydrates 182g (61%) Protein 35g (70%) Fat 15g (23%) Saturated Fat 4g (20%) Polyunsaturated Fat 5g Monounsaturated Fat 5g Trans Fat 1g Cholesterol 337mg (112%) Sodium 2607mg (109%) Potassium 956mg (27%) Fiber 9g (36%) Sugar 56g (112%) Vitamin A 1845IU (37%) Vitamin C 39mg (43%) Calcium 331mg (33%) Iron 8mg (44%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1large serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 984 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 984kcal 49%
Carbohydrates 182g 61%
Protein 35g 70%
Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Polyunsaturated Fat 5g 29%
Monounsaturated Fat 5g 25%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 337mg 112%
Sodium 2607mg 109%
Potassium 956mg 20%
Fiber 9g 36%
Sugar 56g 112%
Vitamin A 1845IU 37%
Vitamin C 39mg 43%
Calcium 331mg 33%
Iron 8mg 44%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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