This classic Thai recipe makes a quick and healthy lunch or dinner. This is street food at its finest. Like all stir-fried dishes, the key is to have all the ingredients ready to go before you start cooking.
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 200g cooked chicken
- 1 small onion
- 2 fresh red chillies
- 1 x 5cm piece fresh root ginger
- 200g rice noodles
- 25ml vegetable oil
- 200g cooked prawns
- 25ml fish sauce
- 25ml soy sauce
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 small bunch fresh coriander
- 50g salted peanuts
- 2 limes, juiced and grated zest
Method
Slice the chicken, dice the onion and chillies and grate the ginger.
Soak the rice noodles in boiling water for two or three minutes, then drain and set aside.
Heat the oil in a wok. Stir-fry the onion, chillies and ginger for one minute, then add the chicken, prawns and noodles. Cook for two or three minutes, until heated through.
Add the fish sauce, soy sauce and eggs, and cook for another two minutes. Meanwhile, roughly chop the coriander and peanuts.
Drizzle over the lime juice and zest, and sprinkle with the coriander and peanuts to serve.
Recipe taken from Fast Cooking by James Martin
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