This recipe is for shrimp pad Thai, a classic Thai dish made with rice noodles, shrimp, bean sprouts, peanuts, and green onions. The ingredients include rice noodles, brown sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, lime juice, Sriracha sauce, canola oil, green onions, shrimp, garlic, bean sprouts, peanuts, and basil. The noodles are cooked and then combined with the shrimp and sauce ingredients, which have been stir-fried together. The finished pad Thai is served topped with bean sprouts, peanuts, and basil.

1. 8 ounces uncooked flat rice noodles (pad Thai noodles)
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons lower­sodium soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon Sriracha or chili garlic sauce
3 tablespoons canola oil
1 cup (2­inch) green onion pieces
8 ounces peeled and deveined large shrimp
5 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup fresh bean sprouts
1/4 cup chopped unsalted dry­roasted peanuts
3 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil
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Brown; Styling: Thom Driver
Shrimp Pad Thai
Smother homemade Pad Thai with spicy shrimp, bean
sprouts, peanuts and green onion for an Asian dish you
will prepare again and again.
Yield: 4 servings
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Ingredients
Preparation
1. Cook noodles according to package directions; drain.
2. While water comes to a boil, combine sugar and next 4 ingredients (through Sriracha) in a small bowl.
3. Heat a large skillet or wok over medium­high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add onion pieces, shrimp, and garlic; stir­fry 2 minutes
or until shrimp is almost done. Add cooked noodles; toss to combine. Stir in sauce; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly to combine. Arrange
about 1 cup noodle mixture on each of 4 plates; top each serving with 1/4 cup bean sprouts, 1 tablespoon peanuts, and 2 teaspoons
basil.
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
Calories 462 Fat 16.1 g Satfat 1.6 g Monofat 9.1 g Polyfat 4.8 g Protein 15.8 g Carbohydrate 64.3 g
Fiber 2.6 g Cholesterol 86 mg Iron 3.7 mg Sodium 779 mg Calcium 90 mg
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