This shrimp and vegetable Pad Thai is a crowd pleaser. It's super quick to make and comes together easily. It looks and tastes fancy yet casual for entertaining as well. We love pad Thai. Our family spent a few years living on the island of Saipan. It's close to Asia, and we had the opportunity of having many Asian cultures on our little island, Thai being one of them. We ate a lot of Thai food, and enjoyed a couple of trips to Thailand too!
My disclaimer for this dish is that it's not actually authentic/ standard pad Thai. Usually the only vegetables in pad Thai are bean sprouts and a small amount of shredded carrots. In addition, to make pad Thai 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! So we just buy a sauce, but here me out! The one we buy is made in Thailand and has a great, authentic flavor. Look for it at your local Asian market, or try a different one. Chances are if it was made in Thailand and the label is in English as well as Thai, it's pretty good.
Quick & Easy
This pad Thai comes together so quickly. It's incredibly easy to make. Simply stir fry some vegetables, cook the rice noodles, chop some green onions and peanuts, mix in the sauce and you're done!
How to Make Shrimp and Vegetable Pad Thai
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!
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.
Quick & Easy Shrimp and Vegetable Pad Thai
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Description
Full of flavor and packed with vegetables, this pad Thai makes a great quick and easy meal.
Ingredients
- 1 7oz box rice noodles
- 2 Tablespoons sesame or avocado oil
- 48 ounces stir fry vegetables
- 16 oz frozen cooked shrimp, I used medium, but any size will work
- 3/4 cup pad Thai sauce like this one
- 1/2 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 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
If using 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.
Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days. This makes FABULOUS leftovers.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 15
- Category: dinner
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: Thai
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I was surprised how easy this was to make! It was very fast, and nice and healthy. The kids loved it too.
★★★★★