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Pad Thai Recipe

This Pad Thai recipe isn't low in fat, but it is low in saturated fat, meaning the fat is from healthy sources.

Pad Thai is one of the most popular dishes in Thai restaurants and with this recipe you'll be able to replicate those dishes at home. We've made this dish with prawns, which can be replaced with chicken or even tofu to make it a vegetarian dish.

This recipe is low in saturated fats and a good source of protein.

Energy per 100g:

526kJ - 125Cal

Fat per 100g:

5.1g

Healthy Dinner Recipe: Pad Thai Recipe

Recipe Serves:

This Recipe Serves 4.

Recipe Ingredients:

  • 150g Rice Noodles
  • 200g King Prawns
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 spring onions chopped
  • 2 tbsp peanut oil
  • 2 tbsp Chopped Chives
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp unsalted peanuts chopped
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • Juice 1 lemon
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 cup bean sprouts washed

Recipe Method:

  1. Prepare rice noodles as per pack instructions and set aside.
  2. Fry garlic and onions gently in oil until softened.
  3. Add prawns, chives, sugar, peanuts, fish sauce and cook for a couple of minutes until prawns are cooked.  Add lemon juice.
  4. Whilst stirring add egg slowly incorporating into mixture.
  5. Then add the noodles and sprouts.
  6. Serve immediately.

Recipe Nutrition Panel:

 Servings: 4
 Serving size: 171g
   
 Average Serve   Average 100g

Energy

900

kJ

526

kJ

 

215

Cal

125

Cal

Protein

17.8

g

10.4

g

Fat, total

8.6

g

5.1

g

 - saturated

1.4

g

0.8

g

Carbohydrate

15.1

g

8.8

g

- sugars

5.7

g

3.4

g

Sodium

619

mg

362

mg

Additional Comments:

Substitute the prawns with sliced chicken. For a low fat version take out the peanuts and peanut oil.

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