Pad Thai with prawns

The delectable low-calorie Thai classic

Thailand

Main course
2 persons
30
Mild

You have found our favourite recipe for Pad Thai with prawns! Pad Thai is a classic and much-loved dish from Thai cuisine, known for its delicate balance of sweet, sour, salty and spicy. In this simple and flavourful recipe, we combine succulent prawns with rice noodles, crunchy vegetables and a delectable sauce that is sure to delight your taste buds. Whether you are an experienced chef or taking your first steps in the kitchen, this Pad Thai with prawns is a guaranteed hit that everyone will enjoy!

Ingredients

250 g peeled prawns

100 g firm ''firm'' tofu patted dry and cut into 1 x 1 cm cubes

2 green onions cut roughly (chop 1 handful for decoration)

1 shallot, finely chopped

2 cloves of garlic, finely diced

0.5 tsp ground pepper

0.5 chicken stock cube

1 egg

125 g bean sprouts

Handful of peanuts shelled and chopped into pieces

Half a lime for serving

Preparation method for Pad Thai with prawns

1.   Start by soaking the rice sticks. Do this in water at room temperature. This way, the rice sticks do not cook yet: it ensures that -when you need them- they are cooked quickly and will cook nicely evenly.
2.   Season the prawns with pepper and garlic. Mix the sauce by mixing the tamerinde paste, fish sauce and chilli flakes, if desired.
3.   Fry the prawns in some oil until tender and remove from the pan. In the same pan, fry the shallot and garlic. To this, add the sauce, half the chicken stock cube and palm sugar. Mix everything until the stock cube and palm sugar are dissolved. Shake the sauce into a bowl and clean the pan.
4.   Switch on the kettle. Put 1 tbsp oil in the (clean) pan and fry the tofu cubes and coarsely chopped green onion in it until golden brown. When this is almost cooked, drain the rice sticks and shake water that is just off the boil over the rice sticks. After a minute, these will be cooked. Shake off again and add to the tofu and spring onion in the pan.
5.   Add the sauce to the pan and wok until all the ingredients are nicely mixed together. Is this a bit difficult due to the long rice sticks? Then take a pair of (clean) scissors and cut the noodles into pieces. You will see that mixing is much easier.
6.   Once everything is mixed, slide the noodles to one side of the pan so that a piece of the bottom of the pan is free. Tap an egg into the pan and make this into a scrambled egg. When the egg is cooked, you can stir it through the noodles.
7.   Then add the cooked prawns and bean sprouts to