Recipes>Chicken Recipes
Chicken Pad Thai
by Graeme Tomlinson from The Fitness Chef: Still Tasty
Easy
Create a healthier version of your favourite takeaway dish at home with The Fitness Chef’s lighter take on the Thai classic, chicken pad Thai.
Discover more delicious Chicken recipes
From quick traybakes to hearty roasts
From the book
The Fitness Chef: Still Tasty
The Fitness Chef: Still Tasty
The Fitness Chef uses nutritional science to bust dieting myths
Empowering readers to eat the foods they love and lose weight
Packed with over 100 recipes for lighter versions of popular dishes
Buy From
Introduction
This Thai favourite is packed full of flavour. Unfortunately, restaurant versions are usually full of calories, too. But by reducing the sesame oil from 20ml to 5ml and the peanuts from 30g to 10g, you can still enjoy the classic textures and taste of pad Thai while saving 238 calories.
Tags
Ingredients
| 50g | fresh rice noodles |
|---|---|
| 5ml | olive oil |
| 5g | brown sugar |
| 150g | skinless chicken breast, cut into 4cm pieces |
| 1 tsp | garlic powder |
| 50g | fresh bean sprouts |
| 2 | spring onions, finely sliced |
| Juice of ½ lime, plus a wedge to serve | |
| 10ml | light soy sauce |
| 10ml | fish sauce |
| 1 | red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped |
| 1 | medium egg |
| 10g | unsalted peanuts, crushed |
| Small handful of | freshly chopped coriander |
| black pepper |
Method
Half-fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to the boil. Add the noodles and simmer for 4–6 minutes until tender. Drain and set aside.
While the noodles are cooking, put a medium frying pan over a medium heat, then add the oil, brown sugar, chicken and garlic powder. Cook for 5 minutes.
Reduce the heat, then add the bean sprouts, spring onions, lime juice, soy sauce, fish sauce and red chilli, then season with pepper and cook for a further 5 minutes.
Crack in the egg and stir thoroughly for 3–4 minutes.
Plate up the noodles, followed by the chicken mixture, garnishing with the crushed peanuts, lime wedge and chopped coriander.
Reviews
Have you tried this recipe? Let us know how it went by leaving a comment below.
Cancel reply
Your review
Name *
Our team will respond to any queries as soon as we can - this may take longer over weekends. You do not need to resubmit your comment.
Please note: Moderation is enabled and may delay your comment being posted. There is no need to resubmit your comment. By posting a comment you are agreeing to the website Terms of Use .
Be the first to leave a review
Ingredients
Method
Get our latest recipes, features, book news and ebook deals straight to your inbox every week
