Chicken
Delicious, quick and easy! Pad Thai with chicken mince and veggies finished with crunchy peanuts and fresh coriander.
1. Bring a saucepan of water to the boil. Add noodles and cook for 2 minutes, or until cooked al dente. Drain and rinse in cold water.
2. Trim, rinse and slice pak choy. Julienne or grate carrot. Zest lime and combine with juice from 1/2 the lime, 3 tbsp sweet chilli sauce (use to taste), 2 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tbsp vinegar.
3. Heat a large pan/wok with oil (see notes) over high heat. Add chicken mince and cook for 2-3 minutes. Chop spring onions and coriander stems (reserve leaves). Grate ginger and crush 2 garlic cloves, add to the pan as you go.
4. Add pak choy and carrot to the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes, or until softened.
5. Add sauce, noodles and bean shoots to pan and toss to combine well (see notes).
6. Cut remaining lime into wedges and crush peanuts. Serve Pad Thai and lime wedges topped with any remaining bean shoots, peanuts and coriander leaves.
NOTES
We used sesame oil for added flavour, but any other neutral oil works fine too.
Add half of the bean shoots at step 5 and reserve remaining fresh.
You can whisk and add 2 eggs at step 5 before returning noodles and sauce. Add some fresh chilli or chilli flakes for extra punch.
2. Trim, rinse and slice pak choy. Julienne or grate carrot. Zest lime and combine with juice from 1/2 the lime, 3 tbsp sweet chilli sauce (use to taste), 2 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tbsp vinegar.
3. Heat a large pan/wok with oil (see notes) over high heat. Add chicken mince and cook for 2-3 minutes. Chop spring onions and coriander stems (reserve leaves). Grate ginger and crush 2 garlic cloves, add to the pan as you go.
4. Add pak choy and carrot to the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes, or until softened.
5. Add sauce, noodles and bean shoots to pan and toss to combine well (see notes).
6. Cut remaining lime into wedges and crush peanuts. Serve Pad Thai and lime wedges topped with any remaining bean shoots, peanuts and coriander leaves.
NOTES
We used sesame oil for added flavour, but any other neutral oil works fine too.
Add half of the bean shoots at step 5 and reserve remaining fresh.
You can whisk and add 2 eggs at step 5 before returning noodles and sauce. Add some fresh chilli or chilli flakes for extra punch.
Rice noodles, 1 packet (375g)
Pak choy, 1 bunch
Carrot, 1
Lime, 1
Chicken mince, 600g
Spring onions, 1/2 bunch *
Coriander, 1 packet
Ginger, 40g
Bean shoots, 1 bag (250g)
Peanuts, 1 packet (50g)
FROM YOUR PANTRY
Oil (sesame or other), garlic (2 cloves), soy + sweet chilli sauce, vinegar (white or rice wine)
Pak choy, 1 bunch
Carrot, 1
Lime, 1
Chicken mince, 600g
Spring onions, 1/2 bunch *
Coriander, 1 packet
Ginger, 40g
Bean shoots, 1 bag (250g)
Peanuts, 1 packet (50g)
FROM YOUR PANTRY
Oil (sesame or other), garlic (2 cloves), soy + sweet chilli sauce, vinegar (white or rice wine)
