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Prawn pad Thai served on a white plate

Easy pad Thai

Name: Easy pad Thai
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2-3
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 125g (half a 250g pack) rice noodles; 3 tbsp lime juice about 2 limes; ½ tsp cayenne pepper; 2 tsp light muscovado sugar; 2 tbsp fish sauce (nam pla); 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 200g cooked and peeled tiger prawn tails left on; 4 spring onions sliced; 140g beansprout; 25g salted peanut finely chopped; a small handful of coriander leaves; 1 or 2 lime cut into wedges; sweet chilli sauce

Mary Cadogan

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Serves 2-3

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

Ready in 25-30 minutes

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Almost a national dish of Thailand, Mary Cadogan's simplified take makes it easy to shop for - and very authentic tasting

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Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

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125g (half a 250g pack) rice noodles
3 tbsp lime juice

about 2 limes
½ tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp light muscovado sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce

(nam pla)
2 tbsp vegetable oil
200g cooked and peeled tiger prawn

tails left on
4 spring onions

sliced
140g beansprout
25g salted peanut

finely chopped
a small handful of coriander

leaves

To serve

1 or 2 lime

cut into wedges
sweet chilli sauce

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Nutrition: nutrition per serving for two

kcal531
fat20g
saturates3g
carbs62g
sugars5g
fibre2g
protein27g
salt3g

Method

step 1

Put the noodles in a large heatproof bowl, pour boiling water over them and leave for 4 minutes, then drain and refresh under cold running water.
step 2

Put the lime juice, cayenne, sugar and fish sauce in a bowl and mix well. Have all the other ingredients ready by the cooker.
step 3

Heat the oil and fry the prawns until warmed through. Add the spring onions and noodles and toss around. Tip in the lime juice mixture, then stir in the beansprouts and half the peanuts and coriander. Cook for 1 minute until everything is heated through.
step 4

Pile into a large dish, scatter with the rest of the peanuts and coriander, and serve with lime wedges and sweet chilli sauce.

RECIPE TIPS

USING RICE NOODLES

If there are two thicknesses of noodle available in your local shop, go for the thicker ones for this recipe. Also, try our One-pan prawn pad Thai.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2002

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