Pad Thai

One of the most popular Thai takeaway dishes, our cheats version with prawns is easy enough to whip up at home using common pantry ingredients. With a tasty blend of sweet and savoury, you’ll be wanting seconds!

4
15 Minutes

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Ingredients

  • 200g Pad Thai rice noodles
  • 1 tablespoon oil, divided
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, grated or minced or 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
  • ¼ celery, sliced
  • 300g raw peeled prawns
  • 250g frozen green beans
  • 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 2 large carrots, cut into thin matchsticks
  • 200g (1¼ cups or remaining) frozen green peas
  • ¼ cabbage, thinly sliced
  • 1 lemon, rind and juice

Method

  1. Cook noodles according to packet instructions. Set aside.
  2. Heat oil in a large frying pan or wok on the stove over high heat, add eggs and as they begin to set break into chunks. Transfer into a bowl or plate once cooked and set aside.
  3. Heat remaining oil in the same pan, still at high heat. Add onion, garlic, and celery and stir fry until the onion softens. Add prawns and green beans and stir fry until it is almost fully cooked. Mix in tomato sauce, soy sauce, carrots, and green peas, and heat through.
  4. Add noodles, cabbage, lemon zest, and cooked egg and stir through to heat. Test taste, adding more seasoning ingredients if desired. Squeeze lemon juice over the noodles just before serving.
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