Pad Thai...my way

I love Thai food.

Especially Pad Thai.

I love peanut sauce and peanut sauce and peanut sauce.

There is nowhere in our town to get amazing Thai food.

So, I like to make my own version of Pad Thai at home with a little help from a pre-made sauce. 

What you will need to make some at-home Pad Thai is: 

A box of rice noodles

A jar of Thai Peanut sauce.

Canola oil

3 Eggs 

Some green onions (scallions)

Peanuts

Your choice of protein...I usually go with firm tofu, shrimp, or chicken.

For the recipe below, I had no proteins though.

Darn.

Limes

This recipe can be increased...this serves two people.

You can also add bean sprouts if you have them.   

   

Here are the noodles I use:

And the peanut sauce.

I could eat this straight from the bottle.

Really. 

Start by soaking the noodles in hot water according to the package directions. 

This should take 25 minutes. 

I used half of the box of noodles for two servings. 

Take a few green onions and chop them up, green and white parts.

Next, grab a handful of peanuts and give those a rough chop.

Beat 3 eggs in a bowl.

Next, heat 3 tablespoons of canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. 

If you are using a protein, this is where you would add that.

When the oil is hot, scramble those eggs.

When the noodles are done soaking, drain them and toss them into the skillet with the eggs.

Make sure the noodles are soft enough, but don't over-soak them.

If they are under-soaked, they will be crunchy.  If they are over-soaked they will fall apart.

It's a fine noodle balance we are playing with here.

Stir the eggs and noodles a bit in the pan together.

Do this for about 3 minutes.

Now here comes the good part.

Add the chopped onions, peanuts and as much Thai Peanut Sauce as you can handle into the pan with the noodles and eggs.

Add another tablespoon of canola oil while you are at it.

Give it a good stir and let that cook up for another two minutes. 

While you are waiting for the flavors to meld together, go ahead and cut up a lime into quarters.

Each plate should get two limes for squirting. 

Transfer the glorious mixture of peanuts, onions, sauce, eggs, noodles, and limes 

to your serving vessels.

Squirt the juice of the limes on top.

This is a must!

Also if you want, and I always want, add some more peanuts and sauce to your finished product.  

This is Pad Thai my way.

Make it my way or add something to make it your way.

It will knock your socks off!