Pad Thai & The Four Freshmen
Pad Thai is a great weeknight meal. It’s quicker than going to pick it up, healthier, and doesn’t require too much forethought. This is a quick go-to meal that I indulge in at least a couple times a month.
Music: The Four Freshmen - The Complete Capital Fifties Sessions I randomly came across this band while looking up Brian Wilson on wikipedia. I found out he obsessively listened to them in highschool. They have some of the most incredible close-harmony arrangements I have ever heard and you can tell that Brian Wilson took a lot of that inspiration when writing The Beach Boys harmonies.
Ingredients: serves 4
1 package of rice noodles
3 eggs
1 shallot, minced (or clove of garlic but shallot is better)
1 bunch of scallions, sliced thin (green part only)
1 cup bean sprouts
1 lime
1 cup of peanuts, crushed or sliced thin
1/4 tsp of crushed red pepper
2 tbs of peanut or sunflower oil
for sauce:
1 cup of warm water
4 tsp of fish sauce
2 tbs of tamarind concentrate (comes in a jar)
2 tbs of peanut butter
1 tbs of sugar
Directions:
Mix ingredients for sauce together in a bowl. If seems too thick add some more warm water.
Meanwhile, cook noodles according to package.
Heat oil in a large skillet on medium. Add shallot (or garlic) and brown. Once browned, add crushed peanuts and cook for 1 minute. Pour sauce into skillet and simmer for 3 minutes.
Slowly stir noodles, sprouts, and scallions into the sauce. Mix well and pour out of skillet into a large bowl.
Heat (now empty) skillet to medium. Stir eggs in a small bowl with a fork to mix yolk with rest of egg. Add to skillet and scramble eggs.
Add scrambled eggs to bowl of pad thai and mix well. Serve with a slice of lime. Enjoy!
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