Easy Shrimp Pad Thai

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Soak the rice sticks in enough cold water to cover well.

2. Step 2

   To make sauce, mince garlic, and in large bowl mix it with the water, fish sauce, lime juice, tamarind paste, sugar and red pepper flakes.

3. Step 3

   Wash, dry and thinly slice the scallion; wash, dry and chop the cilantro; wash the bean sprouts.

4. Step 4

   Cut shrimp in half. (Buy the shrimp cooked and peeled to save time. Or to save money, buy the shrimp raw, and shell and cook them yourself.)

5. Step 5

   Lightly whisk egg and egg white.

6. Step 6

   Heat oil in nonstick skillet; stir in eggs, and cook, stirring, until firm.

7. Step 7

   Drain the rice sticks, and stir into egg mixture with shrimp, the sauce and the bean sprouts. Cook until rice sticks are well coated and warm.

8. Step 8

   Cut lime into quarters.

9. Step 9

   Top rice stick mixture with scallion and cilantro and serve with lime wedges.