Healthy Thai recipe for 4 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has flat rice noodle, lime, tamarind, sweet chilli sauce, vegetable oil, tofu, asparagus spear, spring onion, beansprout, garlic clove and coriander.
Tofu & asparagus pad Thai
Course: Healthy Thai
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Coriander: handful each coriander leaves and salted peanuts, to serve
- Vegetable Oil: 2 tbsp vegetable oil or sunflower oil
- Garlic Clove: 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- Spring Onion: 6 spring onions halved and thinly sliced lengthways
- Lime: 2 limes, 1 juiced, one cut into wedges
- Sweet Chilli Sauce: 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce, plus extra for serving
- Asparagus Spear: 10 asparagus spears, trimmed and sliced on the diagonal
- Tofu: 300g firm tofu, drained, patted dry and cut into cubes
- Beansprout: 300g bag beansprouts
- Flat Rice Noodle: 200g flat rice noodles
- Tamarind: 1 tbsp tamarind paste, or extra lime juice
Directions
- Cook the noodles following packet instructions. Mix the lime juice, tamarind and chilli sauce in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non-stick frying pan or wok and fry the tofu for 5-8 mins, until golden all over. Set aside.
- Add the remaining oil and stir-fry the asparagus until tender. Tip in the spring onions, beansprouts and garlic. Cook for 2 mins more. Stir in the drained noodles, sauce and some salt. Mix in the tofu and heat through. Serve with coriander, salted peanuts and lime wedges.
