How to make a simple Pad Thai!

tofu

🥗Healthier: tempeh

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Tempeh is more nutritious, while cottage cheese is budget-friendly.

shrimp

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Chicken breast is leaner, and canned tuna is often cheaper.

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce is lower in calories, while salt is a budget option.

Chop 1 red chili and add it to a pestle and mortar with 3 garlic cloves.

Grate the zest of 2 limes and add the zest to the mortar.

Juice the 2 limes and set the juice aside.

Mix the garlic, chili, lime zest into a paste in the mortar.

Heat a wok until smoking and add a tablespoon of sunflower oil.

Add the paste to the hot oil and let it become aromatic.

Add prawns, bean sprouts, and a handful of chopped green onions to the wok and mix through.

Add rice noodles to the wok along with the juice of 2 limes and a good amount of brown sugar.

Add fish sauce to the mixture and mix everything together thoroughly.

Crack 2 free-range eggs into the center of the wok and mix them in as they cook.

Continue cooking until the mixture is thick and gloopy.

Serve the noodles on a dish, adding bean sprouts on top.

Garnish with coriander leaves and salted peanuts.

Finish with a squeeze of lime juice over the top.

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