Pad Thai recipes made healthy! It's easy to cut calories and make a healthy Chicken Pad Thai recipe with this low calorie, high nutrition recipe for homemade Pad Thai.This Chicken Pad Thai Recipe comes from the highly anticipated cookbook Lose Weight by Eating Easy Dinners, by best selling cookbook author Audrey Johns. Huge servings and low calories... 1 1/2 cups of this Pad Thai with chicken is only 369 calories!
2tablespoonssoy sauceor tamari, for a gluten-free dish
½teaspooncayenne pepper
1tablespoonolive oil
1red bell pepperthinly sliced
3garlic clovesminced
1carrotshredded
1(4-ounce) chicken breast, thinly sliced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2large eggs
2green onionsthinly sliced
2tablespoonsunsalted whole peanuts
½cupchopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the noodles and cook until al dente according to the package directions. Drain well.
In a small bowl, mix the lime juice, brown sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce, and cayenne. Set the sauce aside.
In a large skillet, heat the oil over high heat. Add the bell pepper and sauté for 5 minutes, stirring often. Add the garlic, carrot, and chicken and sprinkle with salt and black pepper to taste. Sauté for about 5 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
Push the chicken and bell pepper to one side of the skillet and crack in the eggs. Mix quickly to scramble the eggs. Add the drained noodles and the sauce and toss the skillet contents together. Remove from the heat. Serve topped with the green onions, peanuts, and cilantro.