Easier Pad Thai Cousin

Sweet-salty-sour rice noodles with shrimp and bean sprouts.

⏱ 35 min · 🍽 Serves 2 · SaucesRiceSeafood

Ingredients

• Rice stick noodles (key)
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• Shrimp (key)
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• Palm sugar + fish sauce + tamarind
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• Garlic + onion
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• Chili paste or dried chili
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• Bean sprouts + green onion
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• Cooking oil + cucumber + lime/lemon
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Steps

1. Soak noodles. Fry chili-garlic paste; melt palm sugar; add tamarind, fish sauce, water.
2. Cook shrimp; remove. Toss noodles in sauce; return shrimp with sprouts and green onion. Cucumber and citrus.

💡 Store note: Onion for shallot.

Adapted from Hot Thai Kitchen (wording rewritten).