Easy Pork Pad Thai with Peanut Sauce

Pad Thai Noodles in a Thai peanut sauce with cabbage and carrots and ground pork

Easy Pork Pad Thai with Peanut Sauce

Ready in about 45 minutes, packed with flavor, this is a great weeknight quick fix meal. Easy Asian Noodles with Ground Pork and Peanut Sauce = delicious and addicting.

Course Main Course Pork

Cuisine Asian

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 522kcal

Author Lea Ann Brown

Ingredients

1/2 cup peanut butter creamy
1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar
2 Tablespoons fish sauce
1/4 Cup coconut milk
8 ounces Pad Thai Noodles
1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil
1 pound ground pork browned
2 jalapeños stemmed, seeded and sliced into thin rounds
2 medium carrots grated
2 cups green cabbage very thin sliced
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/4 cup starchy water from cooked noodles
Cilantro for garnish
Lime wedges for serving

Instructions

In a large bowl, whisk the peanut butter, vinegar, fish sauce, sesame oil, coconut milk until smooth. Set aside. Use a large bowl, because you're going to add vegetables, pork and noodles later.
Heat a fry pan over medium high heat. Add the ground pork and cook, stirring to break up the meat. Cook until cooked through. Set aside.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the Pad Thai noodles and cook, stirring often, until just tender, about 5 minutes or according to package directions. Reserve 1/4 cup of the starchy water before draining noodles.
Add the drained noodles, pork, jalapeños, carrots, cabbage, and toss gently with the peanut sauce. Add the reserved starchy pasta water and red pepper flakes stir well.
Garnish with cilantro and serve with lime wedges on the side.

Notes

Jalapeno Pepper: Jalapeno pepper is used to add some spicy heat. Keep the jalapeno seeds and veins in tact for a pure spicy heat. Remove the seeds and veins to tame the heat if you're sensitive to spice.

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