Turkey Pad Thai Recipe
Turkey Pad Thai
What to do with all of those turkey day leftovers?? How about mixing it up and making this pad thai? The flavors of Thai really change up the turkey to make it so much more than just yesterday’s leftovers…
Turkey Pad Thai
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup boiling water
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 limes-1 juiced, 1 cut up into wedges for garnish
- 1/4 cup fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 1/2 cups shredded or cubed cooked turkey
- 8 ounces linguini-broken in half
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 yellow onion-sliced
- 3 cloves garlic-minced
- 3 eggs-slightly beaten
- 1 large carrot-grated
- 1/2 cup peanuts-chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro-chopped
- 2 cups bean sprouts
- 3 scallions-cut into pieces
Directions:
Sauce: In a bowl, pour the boiling water over the brown sugar and stir to dissolve. Add the lime juice, fish sauce, rice vinegar and stir. Place the leftover turkey in the sauce and let it absorb while prepping the rest of the dish. Prepare the pasta: cook the linguine one minute less than the directions. Drain and set aside.
Heat the oil in a large pan over high . Add the onions and stir fry 1 minute. Add the garlic and stir. Then add the eggs and cook for 30 seconds, stirring. Add the linguini and the turkey with the sauce and cook, stirring for a few minutes until heated through. Remove from the heat and toss in the grated carrot, peanuts, cilantro, bean sprouts and scallion.
Recipe from 10 Dollar Dinners, 2011