I decided to make one of my favourite comfort foods for dinner tonight! It's not the healthiest meal but it's one of my family's favourites and it gets eaten up really quickly so there's less leftovers to snack on!
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| Tegan loves to sleep on the fridge when I'm cooking! |
What You Will Need:
- 1 pack of rice noodles
- 3 tablespoons peanut butter
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lime juice
- 3 teaspoons white sugar
- 1/2 an onion, diced
- 15 baby carrots, cut finely
- 1/2 inch ginger
-1 clove garlic
- 2 blocks of tofu, diced
- cooked chicken or seafood (I used seafood this time but chicken works just as well!)
Optional:
- pineapple, diced
- 5 green onions, sliced
- Peanuts, crushed
- Hot Sauce
Directions:
The first thing you will need to do is heat a skillet with cooking spray. Cut up the onions, garlic, and carrots. Turn the skillet to low and let the vegetables heat up.
Next, read the packaging for the rice noodles. Each brand and type has a different way of cooking them. The ones I used I boiled a pot of water and put the noodles in. Rice noodles cook much quicker than regular noodles, usually in about 6 minutes, so make sure you keep checking on them!
You then want to make your Pad Thai sauce. In order to do this you will need to put the soy sauce into a mixing bowl. Then add the peanut butter. Whisk this together until the peanut butter separates. Add the lime juice and the sugar and stir well. Keep stirring until the ingredients have blended together. I add a tablespoon of water to my sauce to thin it out a little bit, but that is purely want. I like mine a little more lime-y, but Alex doesn't so when I'm making it for him I have to keep that in mind.
Once your onions have softened, you'll want to add the tofu and any meat that you want to use. Obviously cook the meat first as you'll only be warming the meat up with the other vegetables. Add a little bit of the sauce to the pan and let the ingredients cook in the sauce for approximately 5 minutes.
You will then need to add your cooked noodles. Stir half the noodles into the other ingredients and then pour half of the sauce over everything. Stir well.
Once the noodles have turned to a darker colour, add the remaining noodles and sauce. Make sure everything is covered in sauce. Let this cook together for two minutes or so.
Your Pad Thai is now ready to be eaten!! I like to top mine with spring onions and some diced pineapple! Alex likes his with crushed peanuts and lots of hot sauce!
This Pad Thai recipe is so simple but very delicious! Both Alex's parents and my parents love when we make this; it's definitely become our specialty!
Comment and let me know if you make this for a quick dinner one night! And make sure to check back for some more healthy snacks and meals!
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