Chicken Pad Thai recipe

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10/09/2011

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A recipe for Chicken Pad Thai - Great for those who love Asian cuisine.

Ingredients

250g Thai rice noodles
2 chicken breasts, thinly sliced

Marinade for chicken:
1 tsp cornstarch dissolved in 3 Tbsp soy sauce*
Thumb size piece of ginger, minced
Fresh red chillies
3 cups bean sprouts
1/4 cup chicken stock

Pad Thai sauce:
3/4 Tbsp tamarind paste*, dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water
4 Tbsp fish sauce* (I thought this was a bit much so used 2)
1/2 Tbsp dried chilli
3 Tbsp brown sugar

Garnish:
3 spring onions, sliced
1/2 cup coriander leaves
1/3 cup crushed peanuts*
Fresh lime or lemon juice

Directions

Bring a large pot of water to the boil and remove from heat. Dunk in the rice noodles. Allow noodles to soak. Noodles are ready when they are soft enough to be eaten, but are still al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.

Combine the Pad Thai sauce ingredients together in a small bowl. Stir well to dissolve the tamarind paste and brown sugar. Set aside. (This may seem like a lot of sugar, but you need it to balance out the sourness of the tamarind - this balance is important).

Marinade the chicken in cornstarch and soy sauce for about 30 minutes. Warm up a wok or large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of oil. Fry chilli and ginger for 30 seconds. Add chicken, with its marinade. Stir-fry for 1 minute. When wok/pan becomes dry, add a little chicken stock.

Add the noodles, and pour the Pad Thai sauce over. Using tongs gently stir-fry the noodles for a minute or two. Add the bean sprouts and season with the pepper. Continue stir frying until the noodles are soft. (Around 2 minutes). Add a touch of stock again if it seems too dry.

Top with generous amounts of fresh coriander, spring onion and chopped nuts. Squeeze the limes over the top.

Comments

*Some soy sauces contain gluten
*Tamarind paste, fish sauce and peanuts all contain yeast

Servings

Serves 2

Recipe kindly provided by Leaine's Kitchen, a food blog catering for people with allergies to dairy, gluten, yeast and eggs.

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