Ingredients

• 8 medium sized prawns (shrimps)- Cleaned.
• 100g - 3.5oz of firm style Tofu
• Half a brown or red onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 spring onion (scallion-green onion)
• 1 cup bean sprouts
• A few coriander leaves
• ½ cup shelled raw peanuts or buy already roasted for convenience.
• Half packet flat rice noodles
• 1 whole egg
• ½ tsp hot chili flakes
• 1 bottle WorldFoods Pad Thai noodle Sauce (or see recipe how to make your own)
• 4 or 5 tbs of cooking oil

Steps

• Step 1

  Place a large pot of water on the stove and bring to the boil (for your noodles).

• Step 2

  Preheat your oven and once it reaches 180ºC or 350ºF roast your raw peanuts for approx 12-15 minutes. (of course you can buy already roasted peanuts)

• Step 3

  Remove peanuts from oven and once cooled, peel skins off and crush in mortar and pestle quite coarsely.

• Step 4

  Chop the onion finely.

• Step 5

  Slice the tofu in cubes or block shapes.

• Step 6

  Peel the garlic and crush or chop finely.

• Step 7

  Cut into three, then finely slice lengthwise the spring onion (scallion, green onion).

• Step 8

  Place the noodles in boiling water and make sure they are loosened so they don’t stick or clump together (read pack for cooking time, usually around 7 minutes).

• Step 9

  In a hot pan on moderate heat, add cooking oil.

• Step 10

  Add the Tofu and fry on all sides until slightly browned.

• Step 11

  Add the chopped onion.

• Step 12

  Add the crushed or chopped garlic.

• Step 13

  Add the prawns (shrimps) and toss to cook evenly on all sides. Cook for two minutes.

• Step 14

  Once cooked, add the hot noodles straight from strainer into frying pan and toss.

• Step 15

  Push all the noodles to the side leaving room in the pan to cook the egg.

• Step 16

  Add the egg and break it apart into pieces as it cooks with utensil. Once cooked toss and mix into noodles.

• Step 17

  Add a whole bottle of WorldFoods Pad Thai Noodle Sauce and mix well.

• Step 18

  Add the spring onion (scallion or green onion).

• Step 19

  Add half the crushed peanuts

• Step 20

  Add the chili flakes.

• Step 21

  Add the bean sprouts.

• Step 22

  Toss well and serve immediately on hot plate.

• Step 23

  Garnish with remainder of peanuts and sprigs of fresh coriander (cilantro).

Little Tips

You can soak certain types of rice noodles for an hour in cold water until they turn white, then finish by cooking in the pan with the sauce, you may need to add a little extra water. You can also use chicken instead of prawn (shrimp). Serve with fresh lime cheeks.