Shrimp Pad Thai with Spaghetti Squash Noodles
My husband introduced me to pad Thai years ago and it quickly became one of my favorite dishes. The restaurant I love is over an hour from our house so I had to learn to make pad Thai at home when I get a craving for it. Instead of rice noodles I roasted a spaghetti squash to up the veggies in this meal.
Ingredients:
1 spaghetti squash roasted and noodles removed
2 pounds large shrimp peeled and deveined
1 red bell pepper diced
1 shallot diced
3 green onions diced
2 cups mung bean sprouts
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 cup roasted peanuts
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons tamarind concentrate or paste
2 tablespoons lime juice; zest from 1 lime
2 tablespoons siracha (more or less to taste)
Directions:
- Roast spaghetti squash. I prefer to roast in the oven. I roast it whole at 350 for 90 minutes rotating it every 30 minutes. Then I let it cool, slice it horizontally across the middle, scoop out the seeds, and use a fork to scrape out the noodles.
- Mix sauce in a small bowl fish sauce, brown sugar, tamarind, lime juice and zest, and siracha.
- Spray a nonstick pan with olive oil spray. Add spaghetti squash noodles, bell pepper, and shallot to pan. Cook on medium heat mixing often for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile spray another pan with olive oil spray. Cook shrimp on medium flipping often until pink on both sides.
- Beat eggs lightly. Pour eggs over squash noodles. Stir fry to cook and mix eggs in.
- Pour sauce over noodles. Mix to evenly incorporate the sauce.
- Add shrimp, scallions, and bean sprouts. Turn heat off.
- Top with peanuts.
- Serve!