This shrimp and vegetable Pad Thai is the absolute best and full of veggies too! It's super quick to make and comes together easily in one pan. It has peanuts, stir fry vegetables, shrimp, sprouts and yummy pad thai sauce. It tastes like street Pad Thai we got in Thailand.
I was surprised how easy this was to make! It was very so yummy and full of veggies. The kids loved it too.
-JC
Why This Recipe is the Best
This Shrimp Pad Thai is so easy to make! Using frozen veggies and pre cooked frozen shrimp, it doesn't require much prep time either. It tastes amazing and is fresh and delicious.
For another fresh dish try our Peanut Butter Ramen or Bang Bang Shrimp Bowl.
Directions
Heat oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Bring a pot of water to a boil and prepare rice noodles as directed on the box. Run shrimp under cold water and de-tail if needed. Add frozen stir fry vegetables, stir and cover. Let cook, stirring occasionally until vegetables are hot and tender. This could take anywhere from 5-15 minutes. Meanwhile, rinse bean sprouts, slice chives/green onions and coarsely chop peanuts.
When vegetables are hot and tender, stir in the shrimp, then stir in the pad Thai sauce. Stir for one minute or until heated through. Stir in rice noodles and serve! Top with bean sprouts, garlic chives/ green onions, and peanuts. Yum! Drizzle this dish with peanut sauce for a yummy extra something, if desired.
Tips & Tricks
Any kind of shrimp is fine! If you have raw shrimp, add it in just as the vegetables become unfrozen and allow to cook the rest the time with the veggies. This recipe is easily halved or even quartered, this is just the amounts for a full box of rice noodles.
Top Tip
To make pad Thai sauce authentically, it takes a lot of fairly abstract ingredients like dried shrimp, sweet radish, garlic chives and fresh palm sugar. It can be a lot of work and pretty expensive to track down those ingredients! We recommend finding one from your local Asian market that is made in Thailand for the best flavor.
Recipe
Quick & Easy Shrimp and Vegetable Pad Thai
Ingredients
- 7 ounce rice noodles
- 2 Tablespoons avocado oil or sesame oile
- 48 ounces stir fry vegetables
- 16 ounce frozen cooked shrimp I used medium, but any size will work
- ¾ cup pad Thai sauce like this one
- 1 teaspoon red chili flakes
- ½ cup chopped peanuts
- 4 garlic chives or green onions sliced
- bean sprouts
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet on medium heat.
- While that heats, begin to prepare rice noodles as directed on the box.
- Run shrimp under cold water and de-tail if needed.
- Add frozen stir fry vegetables to the hot skillet, stir and cover.
- Let cook, stirring occasionally until vegetables are hot and tender. This could take anywhere from 5-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, rinse bean sprouts, slice chives/green onions and coarsely chop peanuts. When vegetables are hot and tender, stir in the shrimp.
- Stir in the pad Thai sauce and chili flakes then stir for one minute or until heated through. Stir in rice noodles and serve!
- Top with bean sprouts, garlic chives/ green onions, and peanuts.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
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JC says
I was surprised how easy this was to make! It was very so yummy and full of veggies. The kids loved it too.
Nicole says
Ohhh this recipe took me straight back to Thailand and street pad Thai. We bought some authentic pad Thai sauce at our local Asian market and it did not disappoint! This was easy to make and quick too! Grateful for another quick nutritious meal to add to my recipe collection!