Turkey Pad Thai

 

Courtesy of Milissa D'Arabian. Got great reviews and can be tailored to your liking. I did not have fish sauce, so substituted with Tamari. Added a tad more sriracha hot sauce, used fettucini rather than linguini and eliminated bean sprouts. This makes a generous 4 servings, so for us, two dinners. I divided up the meat mixture into 2 dinner servings; made pasta for 2 each time and used 2 eggs. I used 1/2 of one lime to drizzle on top for each 2 dinner serving as well.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup boiling water
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 limes, 1 juiced and zested and 1 lime saved to drizzle on top of the shredded carrot and chopped scallions
• 1/4 cup Tamari
• 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sriracha hot sauce, or to taste
• 1 pound ground turkey
• salt to taste
• 8 ounces fettucini ( 4 ounces per 2 dinner serving) (cooked to packaged instructions)
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten ( 2 per 2 dinner servings)
• 2 carrots, shredded
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
• 2 scallions, chopped
• 1/2 cup peanuts, chopped, (1/4 cup per 2 dinner servings)

Directions:

To make the sauce:

Pour boiling water over the brown sugar and stir to dissolve.

Add the juice and zest of one lime, tamari, rice vinegar and sriracha. Stir to combine and set aside.

Add the canola oil to a large skillet and heat on medium high. Add the onion and garlic and saute till softened. Add salt to taste. 

Add the ground turkey and cook till pink is no longer visible.

Add the sauce mixture to the cooked turkey mixture, place in a bowl and allow to cool. Once cooled, place in the refrigerator overnight, to allow flavors to meld. 

In a large skillet, drizzle a little canola oil and heat over medium heat. Add the 2 beaten eggs and cook 30 seconds. Add 1/2 the meat mixture (if you are making 2 dinners),  heat till hot, stirring frequently. Serve a top 4 ounce hot cooked pasta

Place servings in bowls and garnish with grated carrot, chopped cilantro, scallions and drizzle with lime juice. Top off with chopped peanuts.