The Healthy Pad Thai Recipe That Will Make You Forget About Postmates

However, when you love Pad Thai as much as this client (and me!), once in a while just isn’t enough. I wanted to create a dish to help satisfy my client’s cravings in the healthiest way possible. My requirements were that it had to taste just like the real thing, be simple to prepare and contain only the highest quality ingredients like free range eggs and sprouted tofu, with way less sodium and zero mystery ingredients like MSGs. I’m excited to report that I developed this Healthy Pad Thai recipe to be all of those things; yummy and authentic, easy, and healthy and now I’m excited to share it with you!

Recipe Notes

Rice Noodles.

A classic, but kelp noodles would be delicious and super healthy, too! If you’ve never cooked with rice noodles, be sure to add plenty of sesame oil to the noodles after they’ve cooked to keep them from sticking and breaking before adding them to the dish.

Fish Sauce.

I personally love a good quality fish sauce. It really adds the authentic flavor, but if you are a vegan or allergic I recommend liquid aminos or tamari in it’s place. Speaking of the sauce. This amazingly yummy dish is flavored with only 3 ingredients. You could make the sauce ahead of time and store it in the fridge and grab it like you would a pre-made sauce purchased at the store.

Ghee.

When using a wok I like to get the temperature nice and hot. Using an animal fat such as ghee, butter, bacon fat, etc. is actually the safest fats to use at high temperatures. Vegetarian alternatives would be coconut oil or avocado oil.

Wok.

The best equipment for this job for sure! The shape of a Wok helps the noodles cook and absorb the sauce evenly without clumping and breaking.

Veggies.

Feel free to add whatever vegetables you have on hand to make this veggie-packed! Snow peas, bok choy, and Chinese cabbage come to mind as some delicious additions!