This Pad Thai is one of my family’s favorite dishes. Add a heap of grilled chicken or sea food and you have a delicious high protein meal.
I purchase my noodles at the Asian market in town and haven’t seen them online. If you are looking for noodles, you’ll need to check out the Asian markets in your neck of the woods. If anyone knows of a good source for mung bean noodles that would be accessible to everyone (think Whole Foods or perhaps an online retailer) by all means, leave a comment.
Vegetarian Pad Thai
Ingredients
- 6 ounces mung bean noodles
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 head broccoli, chopped into small spears
- ¼ cup water
- 3 cloves garlic
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
- 1 tablespoon ume plum vinegar
- 1 tablespoon arrowroot powder
- 1 tablespoon water
- ¼ cup scallion, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, finely chopped
- ¼ cup peanuts, roasted and chopped
Instructions
- Bring water for noodles to boil in a large pot
- Cook noodles according to instructions on package, then drain and set aside
- In a 9 inch skillet, heat olive oil, then add onion
- Sauté onions for 10-15 minutes, over medium-low heat until lightly browned
- Add broccoli and ¼ cup water
- Cover pan and sauté 5 minutes or so until broccoli turns bright green and begins to soften
- Stir in garlic and salt
- Then stir in sesame oil, agave and ume vinegar
- In a small bowl, combine arrowroot and 1 tablespoon water, stirring vigorously to make a paste without any lumps
- Pour the paste over the broccoli and mix quickly and vigorously to loosen any of the mixture that sticks to the bottom of the pan
- Place noodles on individual plates, then top with broccoli mixture
- Garnish with scallions, cilantro and peanuts
Equipment
This is a great dish winter, spring, summer or fall. I hope you enjoy it.
We’re back in full swing with baseball. My older son is playing on the All-Star Team again so I’ll be baking dozens of cookies and brownies in the next 6-8 weeks for their tournaments and having quite a few late night dinners after their 6:00 PM practices. I’m not complaining though, it’s so much fun to sit outside in the evening and watch him play. A fabulous way to spend summer nights!
Stacie K says
Oh, we love Pad Thai! There’s a local restaurant that makes a yummy Gluten-Free Pad Thai, but homemade is always best-and I’m sure yours is amazing! Here is a link to Eden brand mung bean (cellophane) noodles on Amazon with free shipping. These look like they might be the “thread” noodle rather than the flat “pad thai” noodle, but we like both really well. Bean thread noodles are great for soaking up a good curry broth. I agree with Elana that you can’t beat the price of a local Asian market for these noodles. Thanks Elana!!
http://www.amazon.com/Eden-Pasta-Hamura-2-4-Ounce-Packages/dp/B000LKX0HY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1245939319&sr=8-1
Meghan (Making Love In The Kitchen says
I have never heard of mung bean noodles. This looks delicious. I bet a raw version would be delicious with kelp noodles.
Elena says
I’m SO incredibly excited about this recipe. Living in Thailand is hard to stay Gluten free with all the incredibly yummy dishes that this country offers. Thanks for this recipe – using agave nectar in the sauce is brilliant. Here, they serve the Pad Thai with a little heap of sugar on the side.
Did a little research, and in Thailand mung bean noodles are called glass noodles and are usually used in their spring rolls. Easy to find here and so doable.
Again, many thanks – first time I comment, but I have followed for awhile and I absolutely love your recipes, made the orange cake for my office – no one could believe it was grain free. I, too, suffer from MS – and also, have changed my diet and included strength training – I can’t believe the amazing difference it does. Keep the fantastic yummy recipes coming – your brilliant! :)
Holly says
Hmmm, I can easily find mung bean noodles in my town, but I’ve never tried Kelp Noodles. Mung Bean noodles are tasty for sure, but they don’t agree with me. I want to try some kelp noodles!
Pad Thai is in my top five favorite dishes. I can’t wait to try this version.
Holly
gfe-gluten free easily says
Beautiful dish, Elana! I’m quite fond of the Asian noodles. Asian stores can be such a great resource for us, and at much lower cost usually, too.
Have fun at all the baseball games and good luck to your son and his team! :-)
Shirley
Tamara says
Kelp noodles! I am grain and bean free so these noodles have been a blessing.
http://www.kelpnoodles.com/
google it and you will see some online retailers, i can get them though my co-op.
Here is one source –
http://www.therawfoodworld.com/product_info.php?products_id=1001993
I have warmed them up in a tomato sauce and also in coconut milk in a thai style dish.
Stacie K says
Thank Tamara! I have never heard of kelp noodles before but have just ordered them and can’t wait to try them in place of rice or bean noodles.
Jennifer says
Do they taste very salty/ seaweedy?
kb says
While not mung bean noodles, Trader Joes has tasty rice noodles that are gluten free that I have used in many a Thai dish.
Hannah says
Elana, I have to admit I didn’t even know about these noodles. I’m so excited to find/order them. I don’t do well with grains but have brown rice noodles once a week to keep my pasta urges satisfied. I was just talking with you to my husbandd, we were remembering when I was trying to make your bread the first few times and how sweet you were to e-mail and try to help me figure it out. Since then I have been able to let so many people know about your site and I am so happy to see how well it is going and how many visitors you have. Hannah
Karen says
Lovely looking recipe!!
Eden Foods have mung bean noodles here – http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_details.php?products_id=108460
Meagan says
I love to sautee broccoli! It’s always so delicioius!