Sharing a quick takeout-style Pad Thai recipe that’s easy to make during the week, bursting with flavor and fresh aromatics. Our Pad Thai combines medium sized rice noodles, the standard vegetable fillings, marinated tofu bites, scrambled eggs, and chili butter roasted peanuts and shrimps with a hint of Thai chilies.

Who doesn’t love a good serving of noodles?! Pad Thai is such a tasty dish when done right and hands down one of the most popular Thai dishes internationally it only seems fitting that you should be able to make it reliably at home.

It’s not an overly complicated dish to make when you break it down. It may seem like there is a lot going on and you’ve got quite the grocery list of ingredients to prepare when really it all comes together in one pan. Added steps include marinating the tofu which can be done at the same time as the noodles are soaking in warm water and lastly- separately toasting the peanuts and the shrimps which adds some heat to your dish.

For the sauce we like to make it all in one bowl, add it to the tofu to marinate and use that same liquid to add as little or as much to the noodles when cooking. Traditional Pad Thai uses tamarind paste however we know this is not a typical ingredient to have on hand or find. By adding a bit of sugar and citrus it mimics a bit of that missing ingredient.

We love Pad Thai topped with peanuts. The added crunch adds extra texture and flavor to the dish. What we’ve done differently here is incorporated some chili oil and Thai chilies to add heat and spice to our dish. The level of spice results in a medium spiced Pad Thai. If you want spicier we encourage adding more Thai chilies or even mixing in chili flakes.

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