Pad Thai Style Noodles with Chicken and Shrimp

Name: Pad Thai Style Noodles with Chicken and Shrimp
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4-servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 pkg Rice noodles noodles (14 oz) or any other; 1/4 pound chicken of thin boneless , cut into strips; 10 - 12 shrimp medium size (de-shelled and de-veined); 1/2 cup cabbage shredded; 1/4 cup green beans french cut; 1/4 cup carrot julienned pieces; 1/4 cup mushrooms sliced; 1/4 cup broccoli (optional); 2 tbsps peanut oil; 1 tbsp chopped garlic; 1 shallot red onion medium size / cut into thin slices; 1 green chili medium size chopped into tiny pieces; 1 tsp red chilli flakes; 1 tbsp lemon grass pieces (fresh or the ones in a jar); 2 no Kaffir lime . leaves; 2 tbsps sauce pad thai (store bought or home made as per recipe given below); 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tsp soy sauce; 1 tsp salt or per taste; For garnish:; 1 tbsp lime juice; 1 tbsp Cilantro Fresh finely chopped leaves; 2 tbsps peanuts roasted (crushed); 2 Egg omelet pieces*

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Pad Thai Style Noodles with Chicken and Shrimp

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Ingredients

20 mins

4-servings

1/2 pkgRice noodles noodles (14 oz) or any other
1/4 poundchicken of thin boneless , cut into strips
10 - 12shrimp medium size (de-shelled and de-veined)
1/2 cupcabbage shredded
1/4 cupgreen beans french cut
1/4 cupcarrot julienned pieces
1/4 cupmushrooms sliced
1/4 cupbroccoli (optional)
2 tbspspeanut oil
1 tbspchopped garlic
1shallot red onion medium size / cut into thin slices
1green chili medium size chopped into tiny pieces
1 tspred chilli flakes
1 tbsplemon grass pieces (fresh or the ones in a jar)
2 noKaffir lime . leaves
2 tbspssauce pad thai (store bought or home made as per recipe given below)
1 tbspoyster sauce
1 tspsoy sauce
1 tspsalt or per taste
For garnish:
1 tbsplime juice
1 tbspCilantro Fresh finely chopped leaves
2 tbspspeanuts roasted (crushed)
2Egg omelet pieces*

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Steps

20 mins

1

Boil water in a huge pot. Once it starts boiling take it off the stove and add the noodles and let them soak them in the hot water for about 6-7 minutes (Check the specific directions on your rice noodles package). Then drain the water and wash the noodles with cold water and again drain and add a tsp of vegetable oil and keep aside.
2

Take a wok and heat the oil in it. As the oil gets hot add the shallots, red chilly flakes, the chopped garlic, green chillies, kaffir lime leaves and the lemon grass. Stir for about 1 minute and then add the pad thai sauce, oyster sauce and soy sauce.
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Next add the chicken pieces and keep stir ring on high heat to let the chicken cook. Next add the shrimp too and stir on high heat for about 1 minute. Next add the vegetables and add the salt again stirring constantly. you can cover with a lid for about 1-2 minutes to let the vegetables steam.
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Finally add the noodles and stir well. Add the garnish ingredients and serve immediately while hot.
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To make Egg Omelet:
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Take a small pan and heat with some oil in it. Take two eggs and beat well. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and pour onto the heated pan. Cook on medium heat for about 2-3 minutes covering with a lid. Flip onto a plate and when cooled cut into long and thin strips.
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Recipe for Pad thai sauce:
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1 inch ball of tamarind soaked in warm water
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1 tbsp fish sauce
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1 tbsp of jaggery(or molasses)
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Make tamarind pulp out of the soaked tamarind ball by squeezing by hand and then straining through a strainer to get any seed or big chunks out. Take this pulp in a small pan, add the fish sauce and the jaggery pieces and heat on the stove for about 4-5 minutes till the jaggery is dissolved completely and till you get a thick sauce.