Pad thai

Name: Pad thai
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 250 g rice noodles (dry); 200 g shrimp (raw, peeled); 2 medium egg; 100 g bean sprouts; 3 medium spring onions; 40 g peanuts, roasted, unsalted; 2 cloves garlic; 2 Tbsp fish sauce; 20 g tamarind; 1 Tbsp sugar; 1 piece lime; 2 Tbsp peanut oil

Rice noodles stir-fried with prawns, egg, bean sprouts and peanuts.

30 minto make
4portions
Mediumto cook
Pescatariandiet

Open in Ecobite Make your own version

A medium footprint

1.37 kg CO₂e a portion, or 6.02 kg for every kilo of the dish: its climate, nitrogen, land and water impacts together, from farm to plate.

How we rate the footprint

A high nutrition rating

475 kcal and 21.7 g of protein a portion. The rating weighs what's in it, inspired by Nutri-Score.

How we rate nutrition

Ingredients

For 4 portions

250 g rice noodles (dry)
200 g shrimp (raw, peeled)
2 medium egg
100 g bean sprouts
3 medium spring onions
40 g peanuts, roasted, unsalted
2 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp fish sauce
20 g tamarind
1 Tbsp sugar
1 piece lime
2 Tbsp peanut oil

Method

Soak the noodles in hot water until soft, and drain.
Mix the tamarind, fish sauce and sugar into a sauce.
Stir-fry the garlic and prawns in the oil, push to one side and scramble the eggs.
Add the noodles, sauce, bean sprouts and spring onions and toss for 2 minutes.
Serve with chopped peanuts and lime wedges.

Nutrition

	A portion (228 g)	100 g
Energy	475 kcal	208 kcal
Protein	21.7 g	9.5 g
Carbohydrate	63 g	27.6 g
of which sugars	7.3 g	3.2 g
Fat	15.5 g	6.8 g
of which saturates	3 g	1.3 g
Fibre	3.4 g	1.5 g
Salt	2.3 g	1 g

Footprint

	A portion	1 kg
Climate (CO₂ eq)	1.37 kg	6.02 kg
Nutrient pollution (N eq)	13.79 g	60.4 g
Land use for a year	0.78 m²	3.42 m²
Water use	2,419 l	10,596 l

Footprint from AGRIBALYSE 3.1.1 (ADEME), with our own minor changes. How we work it out.

Make it your own

This is one of Ecobite's templates. Open it in the app and tap Use as template: you get your own copy to change, and Ecobite works out the nutrition rating and footprint of your version as you go. You can also track it, or add its ingredients to your shopping list. Free, in your browser.

Open in Ecobite