Main Meals
Pork pad Thai




This easy pork pad Thai takes things up a level with a quick cucumber-and-radish pickle.
Wine/Spirit Pairing
Woolworths Villiera Carte Blanch
Ingredients
Method
- 2 T Woolworths peanut oil or stir-fry oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 x 70 g punnet Woolworths crushed garlic, ginger, chilli and lemongrass
- 500 g pork mince
- 2 T soya sauce
- 1 x 190 ml bottle Woolworths Blue Elephant Thai peanut sauce
- 400 g Woolworths rice noodles, cooked
- 4 salad onions, thinly sliced
- 70 g raw cashew nuts, chopped
- basil, for serving
- coriander, for serving
- 200 g pak choi, halved For the quick cucumber-and-radish pickle, toss:
- ½ cucumber, thinly sliced
- 6 radishes, thinly sliced
- 2 t fish sauce
- 3 T rice vinegar
- 1 t Woolworths coconut palm sugar (or brown sugar)
Method
Ingredients
1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok until smoking hot. Add the onion, garlic, ginger, chilli and lemongrass. Fry for 1 minute.
2. Add the pork but don’t stir immediately; let it catch a bit, then stir. Add the soya and peanut sauces – you may need to add a touch of water – then toss in the noodles.
3. Serve the stir-fry with the pickle, salad onions, cashews, basil, coriander and pak choi.
Cook's note: Substitute pork mince with chicken.
Find more stir-fry recipes here.
Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly
Food assistant: Bianca Strydom
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