Name: Cheap Pad Thai Chicken
Ingredients: Serves 4; Essential items:; Rice noodles (can use another type of noodle but read packet instructions for how to cook); 2 chicken breasts; salt and pepper; 3 medium red chillis (chopped); 3 spring onions (chopped); 2 eggs; Corriander (if I don't have any corriander i substitute for some dried mint); 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 2 cloves of garlic (minced); 3 tbsp of fish sauce; The following ingredients aren't essential but if you can afford them they taste fantastic in this dish; 60g cooked shrimp; 3 tbsp roasted peanuts (slightly ground); beansprouts; mange tout or sugar snap peas

Step 1:

1. Soak the rice noodles in hot water for 20 minutes or until cooked

Step 2:

2. Heat some oil in a pan and add the two beaten and seasoned eggs to make an omlette. Transfer to a plate and chop into strips and leave to cool.

Step 3:

3. Heat some oil in the wok and add the chicken, once it is sealed on all sides add the garlic.

Step 4:

4. Add the spring onions and shrimp (if using) and stir fry for another minute

Step 5:

5. Add the chillis, drained noodles, fish sauce, lemon juice, sugar and peanuts and stir fry over a high heat for another minute

Step 6:

6. Toss in the bean sprouts, omlette strips, mange tout and stir fry briskly for about 30 seconds

Step 7:

7. Toss over corriander and season to taste. Serve piping hot.

Cheap Pad Thai Chicken

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