Shrimp and Vegetable Pad Thai

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2005

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (8)

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Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 35 min
Inactive Prep: 5 min
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 50 min

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Ingredients

7 ounces medium rice stick noodles
1/4 cup fish sauce
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
3 tablespoons palm sugar or dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/4 cup coconut milk
1 teaspoon tamarind concentrate, optional
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
3 tablespoons peanut oil
12 ounces medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 cup diced firm tofu
1 cup sliced shiitake mushroom caps
1 cup mung bean sprouts
2 large carrots, cut into matchstick-sized strips
1/2 cup matchstick-sized red bell pepper strips
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1/2 cup roasted, unsalted peanuts, roughly chopped
1/2 cup diagonally sliced green onions
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
Sriracha (Thai hot sauce), for serving

Directions

Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Place noodles in a large bowl and cover with the boiling water. Allow noodles to soak for 5 minutes, drain, and rinse with cold, running water for 30 seconds. Drain well and set aside.

In a small bowl, combine the fish sauce, vinegar, sugar, red pepper, coconut milk, and if desired, the tamarind concentrate, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.

Heat the sesame and peanut oils in a wok or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Just before the oil is smoking, add the shrimp and cook until pink, stirring constantly. Add the tofu, mushrooms, bean sprouts, carrots, red bell pepper, garlic, and reserved noodles, and cook until heated through, about 2 minutes.

Pour the sauce mixture into the wok and toss until combined. Cook until the mixture is steaming and most of the liquid has evaporated. Add the peanuts and green onions and cook an additional 30 seconds.

Remove the wok from the heat and season with the lime juice and cilantro. Serve hot with Sriracha, if desired.

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recipe Shrimp and Vegetable Pad Thai
Ambarella Rexasaurus Broomfield, CO 02-01-2009
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Watch Out Thai Restaurants!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The only drawback was that Emeril did NOT state the correct cooking time for the rice noodles. FOLLOW THE COOKING TIME... STATED ON THE PACKAGE!!!! We also used a store made peanut sauce and added the coconut milk... and let me tell you.. THIS was GREAT tasting!!! I LOVED IT! My husband made me some with grilled tofu vegan, and his with tons of shrimp and chicken, no tofu. I LOVE Pad Thai, especially with lots of lime and crushed peanuts on top, this was VERY Authentic and I am SO glad for the Bam-enist chef in town, Emeril Lagasse for his ability to let us in on this. Read more
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Shannon Austin , TX 01-07-2008
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Very Good
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

The store didn't have rice noodles so I used soba noodles. They didn't have fish sauce so I made my own sauce using chili... garlic sauce, sweet and sour and some ginger and soy sauce along with the regular ingredients it asked for and it came out great. Overall pretty good-not too spicy and not too sweet.Read more
recipe Shrimp and Vegetable Pad Thai
Lillian Springdale, MD 12-01-2007
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Wonderful!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I wanted some pad thai and decided to make this recipe instead of ordering take out from my favorite restaurant. I used all... the ingredients except the tamarind concentrate (I couldn't find any at the last minute). Don't think I'll be ordering much pad thai any more since I can now make it this good myself. Thanks Emeril!Read more
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C. Medfield, MA 11-13-2007
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Bad Thai
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Perhaps my idea of Pad Thai is the "Americanized" version, and thus, this recipe was not to the liking of my family at all. ... As a matter of fact, we threw it out. I followed the directions precisely, and used the exact ingredients listed. I always ask my family to be completely honest about how they liked a recipe -- on a scale of 1- 10 this recipe unanimously received a 3. If anyone has a good recipe for the "americanized" version of Pad Thai, I would love it.Read more
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Sherry Ft Worth, TX 09-25-2007
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Totally Yummy!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is an awesome recipe! It is so easy and wonderful!
recipe Shrimp and Vegetable Pad Thai
Kevin Quebec, CANADA 08-30-2007
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Excellent Pad Thai
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I followed the receipe, adding some red pepper paste, was absolutely delicious.