Hello my foodie friends! I am so sorry for the long hiatus, life just got in the middle, but we still cook and eat delicious home-made dishes (well, most of the time we do) and I still desire to share them with anyone in the world’s foodie community that’d like to cook with me!
I’m afraid posts will keep appearing irregularly or less frequently as the used to, but neither me nor my blog are going anywhere, so I hope you be patient with me and pop into “Around the bowl” once in while… By the way, I always share pictures of my recipes in my instagram account, so follow me if you’d like to see what I’m cooking (and some other random things that I enjoy) and please let me know if you are particularly interested in any recipe you see there that can potentially become an interesting post!
We have just finished enjoying today’s recipe, it’s easy, it’s quick, it’s healthy and most importantly: utterly delicious! Other than that, I don’t think Pad Thai needs any further introduction, doesn’t it?
Just as the tittle indicates, I’ve made some adjustments to the traditional recipe: I replaced bean sprouts by snow peas, mainly because we had loads at home that needed to be used and because I love them! and I replace peanuts with cashews because I don’t like peanuts, but I do enjoy the rest of the ingredients of a good Pad Thai, so I thought: why not?
Do you fancy trying it?
Pad Thai - The snow peas version
- Servings: 2
- Time: 30 minutes
- Difficulty: easy
Ingredients
- a dash of vegetable oil (I used extra virgin olive oil, peanut would also work)
- 1 garlic clove, pressed
- 2 spring onions, chopped
- 6 clean fresh shrimps (frozen would be OK too)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 200 g Pad Thai noodles (or any other you have at hand, I’m not very orthodox in cooking matters)
- c. 1 cup fresh snow peas cut into the diagonal
- Fish sauce to taste
- 1 lime juice
- Sambal Oelek or fresh chilli chopped to taste (I used two tsp. of Sambal Oelek for a medium/high hotness level)
- 1 cup water
- Chopped cashews to garnish
- Chopped fresh cilantro to garnish
- Lime wedges
Preparation
- Heat the oil in a wok, sauté garlic, onions and shrimps until the onions are soft and the shrimps have whitened.
- Add the beaten egg and scramble it.
- Stir in the noodles, the snow peas and the seasoning, stir to combine.
- Pour the water and sauté over medium heat till the noodles and the peas are cooked.
- Serve immediately and garnish with the cashews (or peanuts), cilantro and lime wedges.
- Enjoy!
Filed under: South-East Asian, Thai Tagged: cheap and cheerful, chilli, clean eating, healthy food, low fat, noodles, quick and easy, rice noodles, shrimps, snow peas, spicy food, Thai food, whole food
