Low Fat Low Cal Vegan Pad Thai Recipes

PAD THAI - LOWER FAT VERSION

Steps:

• Place noodles in a large bowl.
• Cover completely with boiling water, soak, stirring occasionally, until noodles are just tender, about 15 minutes.
• Drain well and set aside.
• Whisk egg in a small bowl, then stir in sugar, fish or oyster sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire, chili-garlic sauce and chili flakes.
• Set aside.
• Boil broth over high heat, uncovered and stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced by half, about 6 minutes.
• Pour reduced chicken broth into a large, non-stick skillet, add garlic, chicken and shrimp.
• Stir frequently until shrimp start to turn pink and chicken starts to turn white.
• Stir in egg mixture, then add drained noodles.
• Stir to evenly coat.
• If noodles begin to stick, reduce heat to medium.
• Add green onions, peppers, coriander, mint and bean sprouts.
• Continue stirring until noodles are heated through, from 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add chopped peanuts if you want, but they will increase fat content for this lowfat recipe.
• Spoon into bowls and serve with lime.
• Note: You can substitute frozen pre-cooked shrimp for the fresh.

VEGAN PAD THAI

Steps:

• Soak the noodles in hot water for 10 minutes, while heating up a large frying pan or wok.
• Once the pan is hot melt the coconut oil in it, and throw in the gluten and peanuts. Season this with 1/4 tsp of the curry powder and stirfry while the noodles are softening.
• Mix in the garlic, sliced peppers and chopped green onion and continue to stirfry on medium.
• Drain the noodles and add them to the stirfy makeing sure they get covered evenly in oil. The noodles will soak up the oil and when that happens add the soy sauce.
• Add the mushrooms.
• Season with crushed red pepper, ginger, curry, cilantro, b. pepper, caynne, salt and continue to stirfry on low until noodles become slightly caramelized and the dish is evenly coated in it's seasonings.