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!
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 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 1/4 cup bean sprouts
- 1 cup garlic chives (chopped into 1 inch length)
- 1/2 shallot (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (roughly minced)
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil (or any neutral oil)
- 3 tbsp palm sugar (finely chopped or sub with brown sugar)
- 1.5 tbsp fish sauce
- 3 tbsp water
- 2.11 oz tamarind pulp
- 1/3 cup hot boiling water
- ½ lime (garnish)
- 1/4 cup peanuts (crushed, for garnish)
- 2-3 tbsp water (if needed to help cook noodles)
Instructions
- 1
To make your tamarind concentrate: submerge tamarind pulp in 1/3 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 tbsp oil and the shrimp. Fry until 50% cooked. Remove and set aside.
- 6
If needed, add another 1 tbsp 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!