Pad Thai (Pil) from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Pad Thai (Pil) Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

8 oz rice noodles, dry, 1/8 inch wide
1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice, or more
2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 tbsp ketchup
2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes, crushed
1 tbsp vegetable oil
4 oz chicken breast, boned and skinned
2 green onions, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
3 oz small shrimp, peeled
2 cups bean sprouts, fresh
1 medium carrot, shredded
3 tbsp minced fresh cilantro
2 tbsp peanuts, dry-roasted unsalted, chopped

Recipe Instructions:

1. Place noodles in medium bowl. Cover with lukewarm water; let stand 30 minutes or until soft. Drain; set aside. Whisk fish sauce, 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice, vinegar, ketchup, sugar and pepper in small bowl;
set aside.
2. Finely chop the chicken breast. Heat oil in wok or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, green onions and garlic Cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink. Stir in noodles; cook 1 minute. Add shrimp and bean sprouts; cook just until shrimp turn opaque, about 3 minutes. Stir in fish sauce mixture; toss to coat. Cook until heated through, about 2 minutes.
3. Arrange noodle mixture on platter; sprinkle with carrot, cilantro, and peanuts. Garnish with lemon wedges, tomato wedges and fresh cilantro, if desired.

Calories 265; 6 g of fat, 18% calories from fat. 798 mg Sodium

(cooking notes - step 3 says garnish with cold carrot, cilantro and peanut. Warm these for better flavor. Photo shows lemon and tomato wedges off to one side.)

PIL = Publications International, Ltd (Illinois)

Servings: 5

“This root [the potato], no matter how much you prepare it, is tasteless and floury. It cannot pass for an agreeable food, but it supplies a food sufficiently abundant and sufficiently healthy for men who ask only to sustain themselves. The potato is criticised with reason for being windy, but what matters windiness for the vigorous organisims of peasants and labourers?”

~ Denis Diderot (1713-1784) L'Encyclopedie (1751-1772)

 

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