Pad Thai

Ingredients

• 125 grice noodles
• 3lime, juice of 3 for the sauce; likely for serving as wedges
• 1/2 tspcayenne pepper
• 2 tspmuscovado sugar, or use light brown sugar
• 2 tbspfish sauce
• 2 tbspvegetable oil
• 200 gtiger prawns, cooked or raw, peeled
• 4spring onions, finely sliced
• 140 gbeansprouts
• 25 gpeanuts, roughly crushed
• coriander, roughly chopped
• sweet chilli sauce, to serve

Method

1. 1

   Put the noodles in a large heatproof bowl, pour over boiling water and leave for 4 minutes. Drain and refresh under cold running water.

2. 2

   Mix together the lime juice, cayenne, sugar and fish sauce in a bowl.

3. 3

   Heat the oil and fry the prawns until warmed through. Add the spring onions and noodles and toss.

4. 4

   Pour in the lime juice mixture, then stir in the beansprouts and half the peanuts and coriander. Cook for 1 minute until everything is heated through.

5. 5

   Pile into a large dish and scatter with the remaining peanuts and coriander. Serve with lime wedges and sweet chilli sauce.