Shrimp Pad Thai

Shrimp Pad Thai

4.4 of 5 (104)
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 210.5
  • Total Fat: 5.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 178.2 mg
  • Sodium: 895.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 21.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
  • Protein: 20.4 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Shrimp Pad Thai calories by ingredient


Introduction

I adjusted the recipe to lower the fat and calories. I adjusted the recipe to lower the fat and calories.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    8 oz rice sticks
    2 T fish sauce
    2 T low-sodium soy sauce
    2 T brown sugar
    1/4 t crushed red pepper, or more to taste
    2 t vegetable oil
    1 egg, lightly beaten
    1 lb frozen shrimp
    4 garlic cloves, minced
    4 green onions, coarsely onions
    2 C fresh bean sprouts
    2 T chopped peanuts
    lime wedges
    fresh chopped cilantro

Directions

Bring large pot pf water to boil. Remove from heat and add rice, stirring to separate. Soak 5-7 minutes, or until tender; then drain and rinse in cold water. Set aside.

Mix fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar and crushed red pepper in small bowl until sugar dissolves. Set aside.

Heat 1 tsp oil in wok over med-high heat. Add egg, and cook quickly, until opaque. Move to side. Add frozen shrimp to wok, cook 5-7 minutes until just cooked through. Drain excess liquid. Add garlic, stir fry 1 minute.

Add remaining oil, and then noodles. stir fry quickly until softened, about 2 minutes. Add sauce mixture. Coat noodles evenly, stirring until heated through. Stir in green onions, and bean sprouts and cook 2 more minutes. Mound on serving platter, and garnish with peanuts, lime wedges and cilantro.

Of course, you could substitute the shrimp with chicken, if you're family prefers. :) It's yummy either way.

Makes about 6 - 1 1/3 cup servings.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Incredible!
    18 of 18 people found this review helpful
    I just made this recipe and LOVED it!The following are adjustments I made: I used chicken and substituted hoisin sauce for the fish sauce,used asian frozen vegetable mix and frozen broccoli for the vegetables, sesame oil and egg whites. thank you!! - 9/18/11


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    Incredible!
    14 of 19 people found this review helpful
    I googled rice sticks as I never heard of that and it says it is rice sticks noodle. The seasoning looks delicious and I will try it but I will use half the noodles and replace the other half with bean sprouts to give it the crunch I love and to save on carbs and calories. Thanks for the recipe! - 12/5/12


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    Incredible!
    7 of 7 people found this review helpful
    Excellent recipe! I did double the sauce recipe and I cut my shrimp in half cross wise because they were bigger shrimp and I wanted bite sized pieces. I also added 1t fresh ginger from a jar. Hubby loved it. He said it is a keeper and I will be making this again and often. - 8/17/11


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    Incredible!
    5 of 5 people found this review helpful
    Yum! It was super awesome and my hubby loved it! I'm making this again tonight but instead of using noodles, I'm doubling my beansprouts for super low carb...I can't wait...thanks again for the recipe! - 2/19/13


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    Incredible!
    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
    I love Thai Food--but the high Calories used to scre me off--this make over is perfect for me!!Thank You!! - 2/19/13


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    Incredible!
    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
    OMGoodness!!! This was awesome! My husband said it was better than anything you will get in a restaruant. - 1/30/13


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    Incredible!
    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
    LOVED IT!!!!! Will make it again!!! - 2/27/13


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    Incredible!
    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
    Once I got the ingredients, it was not a hard recipe. It was very satisfying and it tasted delicious! - 1/9/13


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    Very Good
    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
    This had a really nice flavor, but I thought there was only barely enough sauce (the noodles were a little dry). Next time I will probably make more sauce or water it down with the water for cooking the rice noodles... to keep the sodium down. Thank you for the recipe--it's quite tasty! - 1/16/10


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    Incredible!
    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
    This is a delicious healthy recipe. I love Pad Thai but never had made it myself before trying this recipe. It is easy and delicious - better than in my local Thai restaurant. I added chopped fresh ginger with the garlic - Yummy!! - 7/13/09


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    Very Good
    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
    Fish sauce adds so much to stir fries! This recipe is fantastic. - 5/30/09


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    Good
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I made this tonight and it was pretty good. I only used half the bean sprouts but added broccoli and cauliflower. I needed more veggies. - 2/19/13


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    Good
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    really good and easy to make - 2/19/13


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    Incredible!
    2 of 3 people found this review helpful
    The best dish i've ate since i been on my diet. If you miss dishes like pad woon sen or pad thai you should definitely fix this. It will be one of my go tos from now on. The 3 slight changes i made: used chicken (don't like shrimp). Used 3 cups bean sprouts (like them) and used stir fried Onions. - 1/27/13


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    Incredible!
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    top notch and very yummy. I used chicken - 6/27/09


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    Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Tastes mostly like pad thai. It appears the nutrition facts are off, the maifun rice sticks I bought said 2 oz is a serving at 200 cal per serving, 4 servs x 200 = 800 /6 servs in this recipe = 133 cal from the rice noodles, the break down says 41. Maybe the author used a different type of noodle? - 2/9/14


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    Very Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I cut the recipe in half. I used egg white, Splenda, and a little broth for saute-ing. I omitted the oil, egg, and brown sugar. - 8/14/13


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    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
    We LOVE this! Per other comments I doubled the sauce. I didn't use the egg or peanuts. I changed this for our taste by adding 1" fresh minced ginger,brocolli, red cabbage and celery. I used agave instead of brown sugar and olive and sesame oil. I used leftover rice instead of rice noodles. - 2/20/13


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    Incredible!
    1 of 7 people found this review helpful
    I luv this recipe, it sounds just perfect. - 12/5/12


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    Very Good
    Ok - 6/13/21


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    Not 6 servings. Not even close. - 4/25/21


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    Incredible!
    I sometimes add more veggies, like finely chopped broccoli, shredded carrots and mushrooms. Just to sneak in a couple more nutritional elements. - 3/31/21


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    This is delicious! A new favorite. - 3/10/21


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    Incredible!
    yum - 2/9/21


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    Very Good
    Made it again and liked it this time - 1/9/21


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    Very Good
    tasty - 12/29/20


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    Good
    Good - 11/19/20


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    very, very good - 10/24/20


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    O.K.
    Good - 9/30/20


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    Not traditional for sure, but substituted oodles for the rice stick noodles. Good! And 1/2'd the fish sauce to cut down on the sodium. - 9/25/20


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    Love this.... - 7/30/20


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    Incredible!
    love it - 5/15/20


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    This looks good. - 5/13/20


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    Incredible!
    It's NOT really HOT.

    It just burns going in.....And it burns coming out.
    - 5/13/20


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    Very Good
    excellent - 4/24/20


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    Incredible!
    Yum! The only thing I changed was to mix the egg right into the drained hot noodles. This was so delicious. - 4/23/20


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    Incredible!
    My family loved this recipe, it is getting but into our rotation of recipes. - 3/28/20


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    Incredible!
    Excellent recipe - 3/23/20


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    Love shrimp - 3/20/20


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    Good
    Not a family favorite. - 3/11/20


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    :) - 2/21/20


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    Incredible!
    Great - 1/20/20


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    I thaw my shrimp in hot salted water. They plump right up! - 1/14/20


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    Incredible!
    4th time making this in 6 weeks. It is absolutely delicious and easy. I saute baby bok choy with ginger and kale and serve it on top. I double the sauce and add extra, extra peanuts. Thank you for this yum...yum...yummy recipe. - 12/8/19


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    Good
    husband like this a lot - 12/2/19


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    Incredible!
    YUMYUM - 11/4/19


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    Incredible!
    Yum - 11/4/19


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    Incredible!
    I can't believe it; we ate the whole thing. Two of us, ages 66 and 88. But that was after an afternoon spent cleaning up some brush in the SW 1/4 section, so we were hungry. Next time, though, I'll add a second egg and a Tbsp of lime juice to the sauce. I think it needs a little something extra. - 10/24/19


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    Incredible!
    Very tasty dish. Hubby wants me to keep this recipe - 10/1/19


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    Great idea - 7/23/19


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    thamks - 7/18/19


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    good - 7/15/19


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    Very Good
    Good one. Will make again. - 6/11/19


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    thank you - 6/9/19


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    Yum! - 3/18/19


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    Incredible!
    Delicious - 3/17/19


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    NICE - 2/14/19


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    Very Good
    Tasty - 2/9/19


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    Not bad, thanks. - 1/30/19


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    Great recipe. - 1/26/19


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    Incredible!
    This was so good, will make this again. - 1/19/19


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    Incredible!
    This was fantastic, it did take a little bit of grocery shopping and preparing - 1/13/19


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    Incredible!
    I skipped the fish sauce... too much salt and added mushrooms. Also changed the rice sticks to rice noodles because that's what I had on hand. VERY tasty! - 1/4/19


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    Thanks - 12/31/18


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    This looks delishious - 11/1/18


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    Very Good
    The family enjoyed it. - 10/19/18


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    pad thai is a favorite - 9/25/18


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    Incredible!
    My husband LOVED this! He can't wait to eat it again! - 9/6/18


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    My family loved this one! - 9/3/18


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    Incredible!
    Did it with chicken and tofu loved it and was a nice easy recipe:) thank you - 8/8/18


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    fabulous - 7/7/18


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    Incredible!
    Loved this. - 7/5/18


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    not for me - 6/26/18


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    Good
    Just the right about of spice, great recipe! - 6/17/18


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    Incredible!
    This shrimp Pad Thai recipe is delicious!! - 5/25/18


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    Delicious - 5/15/18


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    Very Good
    I added tofu. Wonderful! - 5/4/18


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    Good
    Great recipe I am a shrimp lover - 4/19/18


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    Too many years of cleaning shrimp to cook makes shrimp dishes problematic. - 4/12/18


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    spicy - 3/25/18


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    Great way to enjoy shrimp - 3/1/18


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    Very Good
    Thanks for sharing - 2/17/18


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    Very good - 2/14/18


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    Delicious - 2/9/18


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    Very Good
    Looove this recipe! - 12/24/17


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    Very Good
    Very Good - 12/23/17


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    Not too high in fat or sugar - 12/6/17


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    Chicken sounds good.
    - 11/5/17


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    This is very delicious
    I made this recipe and it was awesome
    - 11/5/17


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    will try it... - 10/30/17


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    hubby would like this - 9/17/17


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    Delicious. - 8/26/17


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    Love Pad Thai, but not the calories. Try this recipe! - 8/13/17


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    Now this gotta be good! - 7/8/17


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    Easy to prepare and delicious! - 7/8/17


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    im a shrimp lover so im going to have to try this.
    - 7/5/17


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    Great recipe; low fat, carb, and protein. Sodium a little concern but thats about it. - 6/11/17


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    Talk about a yummy dish!!! - 4/26/17


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    Looks delicious - 4/25/17


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    This is good! - 3/30/17