Shrimp Pad Thai

Name: Shrimp Pad Thai
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 tbsps palm sugar; 6 tbsps tamarind paste; 4 tbsps fish sauce; 6 tbsps water; 4 oz medium-sized rice noodles (soaked in room temperature water for 1 hour); 1 cup shrimp seasoned with salt & pepper; 5 cloves minced garlic; 1 cup extra firm tofu (cut into strips); 1 minced shallot; 3 tbsps sweet preserved daikon radish; 3 tbsps dried shrimp (chopped into powder); 2 eggs; 2 cups bean sprouts; 1/2 cup chopped peanuts; 10 stalks garlic chives; 1 lime; 6 tbsps avocado oil

Elizabeth Wu @elizabethwu

Baltimore, MD

This authentic Shrimp Pad Thai is the reason why I’ll never have to buy it at a restaurant again!

Elizabeth Wu @elizabethwu

Baltimore, MD

This authentic Shrimp Pad Thai is the reason why I’ll never have to buy it at a restaurant again!

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

Pad Thai Sauce
5 tbspspalm sugar
6 tbspstamarind paste
4 tbspsfish sauce
6 tbspswater
Noodles, Meat, Vegetables, Aromatics
4 ozmedium-sized rice noodles (soaked in room temperature water for 1 hour)
1 cupshrimp seasoned with salt & pepper
5 clovesminced garlic
1 cupextra firm tofu (cut into strips)
1minced shallot
3 tbspssweet preserved daikon radish
3 tbspsdried shrimp (chopped into powder)
2eggs
2 cupsbean sprouts
1/2 cupchopped peanuts
10 stalksgarlic chives
1lime
6 tbspsavocado oil

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Caramelize your palm sugar on the medium heat until golden. Then add the rest of your sauce ingredients on low heat. Combine, & remove from the stove.
2

Cook your shrimp for 2 minutes on each side on medium-high heat
3

Add some avocado oil to a wok, & pour in your garlic, shallots, radish, shrimp powder & tofu. Cook for 2 minutes
4

Add your rice noodles & sauce to the wok. Stir until rice noodles are cooked with the sauce.
5

Add your garlic chives, bean sprouts, & peanuts to the wok, & combine.
6

Serve with the cooked shrimp, & garnish with lime, bean sprouts, garlic chives, crushed peanuts.