Pad Thai with shrimp, tofu and Chinese chives
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Take a quick trip to Thailand's colorful street kitchens with this authentic recipe for pad thai with shrimp, tofu and Chinese chives. Here a homemade pad thai sauce is used, but if it needs to be quick, you can buy a ready-made version in Asian shops and well-stocked supermarkets. Note that it is difficult to fry a large portion of pad thai. Therefore the frying is divided so that it is made for two people at a time.
Servings
: 4
servings
Ingredients
100
g
palm sugar
4
tbsp
fish sauce
5
tbsp
tamarind paste
0.5
dl
water
300
g
wide rice noodles (3-5 mm wide)
1
clove
garlic
2
pcs
Thai shallots (or ½ small red onion)
1
bunch
Chinese chives
200
g
firm tofu
300
g
peeled tiger shrimp
Oil for frying
4
eggs
4
tbsp
chopped sweet dried radishes
200
g
bean sprouts
4
tbsp
chopped roasted peanuts
2
limes in wedges
Coarse chili powder
Sugar
Fish sauce
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Instructions
Sauce
Step 1/2
Crush palm sugar, and put it in a small pot together with fish sauce, tamarind paste and water.
Step 2/2
Bring the pot to a boil, and let the sauce simmer until the palm sugar is dissolved.
Pad thai
Step 1/13
Soak rice noodles in hot water for 15 minutes. They should be soft without being cooked.
Step 2/13
Peel and chop garlic and Thai shallots.
Step 3/13
Cut Chinese chives into 3 centimeter pieces. Cut tofu into small cubes.
Step 4/13
Fry shrimp in oil until they are just cooked through, and set them aside.
Step 5/13
Crack the eggs into two bowls.
Step 6/13
The noodles should be fried in two batches. Therefore, use half of the ingredients for each frying.
Step 7/13
Fry garlic and Thai shallots in oil in a wok until the garlic is lightly golden.
Step 8/13
Add tofu, and fry for another 1 minute. Add rice noodles, and immediately splash a little water over.
Step 9/13
Fry the noodles for 1 minute, and separate and lift them meanwhile with two spatulas to prevent them from sticking together.
Step 10/13
Push the mixture to the side, pour a little extra oil into the wok, and add the eggs.
Step 11/13
Stir them, and let them fry briefly before you mix them with the noodles.
Step 12/13
Add sauce, sweet radishes and bean sprouts, and toss well together.
Step 13/13
Finally add shrimp and Chinese chives.
Accompaniments
Step 1/1
Serve with chopped peanuts, lime wedges, coarse chili powder, sugar and fish sauce, which are seasoned to taste at the table.
