Thai Crispy-Fried Noodles Recipe

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Total cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients for Thai crispy - fried noodles recipe:

100 g (3 1/2 oz.) rice vermicelli
2 cups (500ml/16 fl oz.) oil, for frying
100 g (3 1/2 oz.) deep-fried tofu puffs, cut into strips
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
5cm (2 inch) piece fresh ginger, grated
150 g (5 oz.) pork mince
100 g (3 1/2 oz.) raw prawn meat, finely chopped
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons soft brown sugar
2 tablespoons chili sauce
1teaspoon chopped red chillies
2 small knobs pickled garlic, chopped
1/4 bunch fresh garlic chives, chopped
1 cup (30 g/1 oz.) coriander leaves

Directions for Thai crispy - fried noodles recipe:

1. Place the vermicelli in a bowl of hot water for 1 minute; drain and allow to dry for 20 minutes. Heat the oil in a wok, add the tofu in two batches and cook for 1 minute or until golden and crisp. Remove from the wok and leave to drain.

2. Add the completely dry vermicelli to the oil in several batches, cooking for 10 seconds or until puffed and crisp. Remove immediately to prevent the vermicelli absorbing too much oil. Drain on paper towels and cool.

3. Drain all but 1 tablespoon of the oil from the wok. Reheat the wok over high heat and add the garlic, ginger, mince and prawn meat. Stir-fry for
2 minutes or until golden brown. Add the vinegar, fish sauce, brown sugar, chili sauce and chillies and stir until the mixture comes to the boil.

4. Just before serving, add the noodles and tofu to the wok and toss thoroughly. Quickly toss through the pickled garlic, the coriander and the chives and serve immediately.

Nutritional Value for Thai crispy - fried noodles recipe:

Protein 8.5 g;
Fat 13 g;
Carbohydrate 17 g;
Dietary Fibre 2.5 g;
Cholesterol 37mg;
Energy 900kj (230cal)

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Delicious and Hot Phad Thai Recipe

Preparation time: 25 minutes
Total cooking time: 10-15 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients for Phad Thai recipe:

250 g (8 oz.) thick rice stick noodles
tablespoons oil
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 teaspoons chopped red chillies
150 g (5 oz.) pork, thinly sliced
100 g (31/2 oz.) peeled raw prawns, chopped
1/2 bunch garlic chives, chopped
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 teaspoons soft brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup (90 g/3 oz.) bean sprouts sprigs of coriander
3 tablespoons chopped roasted peanuts
crisp-fried onion, soft brown sugar and chopped peanuts, to serve

Directions for Phad Thai recipe:
1. Soak the rice stick noodles in warm water for about 10 minutes or so or until they become soft. Then drain and set aside and heat the wok until it becomes hot. Then add the oil and swirl to coat the side. When the oil is hot, add the garlic, the chilli and the pork and stir-fry for about 2 minutes or so.

2. Then add the prawns and stir-fry for about 3 minutes or so. Add the garlic chives and drained noodles to the wok; cover and cook for another minute or so.

3. After that, add the fish sauce, the lime juice, the sugar and the eggs to the wok. Toss them well until it become heated through.

4. Serve immediately, sprinkled with the bean sprouts, sprigs of fresh coriander and chopped peanuts. Traditionally speaking, this should be served with crisp-fried onion, with soft brown sugar and more chopped peanuts on the side.

Nutritional Value for Phad Thai recipe:
Protein 20 g;
Fat 17 g;
Carbohydrate 20 g;
Dietary Fibre 2 g;
Cholesterol 145mg;
Energy 1334kJ (320cal)

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