Spicy Shrimp Pad Thai

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 136.

	this recipe	typical

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

227 g	1 (8 ounce) package dried rice noodles
6 g	2 teaspoons peanut oil
150 g	1 small onion, diced
6 g	2 cloves garlic, minced
45 g	3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
51 g	3 tablespoons ketchup
51 g	3 tablespoons fish sauce
	3 tablespoons sweet chile sauce
32 g	2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
16 g	1 tablespoon light soy sauce
15 g	1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
12 g	1 tablespoon white sugar
2 g	1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 g	0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper
	12 uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
100 g	2 eggs, lightly beaten
146 g	1 cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts, chopped
227 g	0.5 pound bean sprouts
32 g	0.25 cup shredded carrots
	0.5 lime, cut into wedges
40 g	0.25 cup chopped green onions
25 g	0.25 cup coarsely chopped cilantro

Method: 5 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I soaked the noodles in hot water over 15 minutes and there was no way they were done. It should specify boiling water. I ended up having to soften them in the microwave. I could not taste the peanut butter at all so that was kind of a waste of PB. I did not h” — a cook, 3★

“I made this tonight for hubby who is a lover of Pad Thai. He gave it a 9.5 out of 10! I did make a few changes only because I was missing ingredients. I did not have fish sauce, so I threw in a glop (heaping TBS) of hoisin sauce. I did not have sweet chili sau” — a cook, 5★