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How to Make Chicken pad Thai
Preparation time:
less than 30 mins
Cooking time:
10 to 30 mins
Serves:
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 250g/9oz flat rice noodles
- 3 garlic
- 1 handful fresh coriander
- 1 red chilli
- 2 limes
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 cooked chicken breast
- 6 spring onions
- 100g/3½oz bean sprouts
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp soft light brown sugar
- 2 large free-range eggs
- 1 handful salted peanuts
Method
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Cook the noodles according to the packet instructions, then drain and set aside.
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In a pestle and mortar, grind the garlic, coriander stalks, chilli and lime zest to a paste.
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Heat the oil in a wok or a large frying pan until just at smoking point. Add the paste and fry for 1 minute, or until aromatic. Add the chicken, half the spring onions and half the bean sprouts and cook for 2 minutes, stirring well to coat everything in the paste.
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Add the drained noodles and mix well. Stir in the lime juice, fish sauce and sugar and cook for 2 minutes.
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Pour in the egg and mix until just cooked. Serve the pad Thai with the coriander leaves, lime wedges, peanuts and remaining spring onions and bean sprouts.
