Pad Thai
Pad Thai ingredients:
16 oz rice noodles
1 lb ground turkey (can sub ground chicken)
1 C mung bean sprouts
1 C shredded carrot (can buy them pre-shredded, mine look different because I pulsed them in my food processor)
2 eggs, beaten
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
½ yellow onion, thinly sliced
Juice of 1 lime
⅓ C crushed roasted peanuts
4 green onions, chopped
Cilantro, for garnish
Sauce ingredients:
¼ C PB
¼ C tamari or coconut aminos (sub soy sauce if not GF)
1 tsp minced ginger (sub 1/2 tsp ground ginger) 🫚
1 T fish sauce
2 T rice vinegar
1 tsp sesame oil
1 T honey
2 T sriracha (optional)
2 tsp minced garlic
Directions:
Cook noodles as directed, strain and rinse with cool water
Whisk sauce ingredients together, chop your veggies; set aside
Add 2 T avocado oil to a wok or pan heated over medium/high heat, cook ground turkey thoroughly
Add in bell pepper, shredded carrot, yellow onion and sauté until pepper and onion become soft
Move mixture to one side of your pan and drop in your beaten eggs, scramble and mix in noodles, bean sprouts, and pad Thai sauce and let simmer until noodles absorb some of the sauce
Remove from heat, add lime juice, green onion and peanuts
Garnish with cilantro and red pepper flakes
Notes:
*For vegan option- sub tofu prepared your fav way or just leave out the protein, sub maple syrup or agave for the honey, omit fish sauce
Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxTFDpkrA2q/?igsh=MXJ2OHEzczA2eDN4MQ%3D%3D