How To Keep Zoodles From Getting Soggy

An easy, depression carb version of chicken pad thai! This good for you pad thai recipe is made with zoodles instead of dark-brown rice noodles.

I beloved making this easy pad thai recipe for my family and putting out bowls of cilantro, peanuts, dark-green onions, and limes for their own DIY topping bar! We love to make meals similar this once a week for our weeknight dinner rotation!

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Over the holidays I was lucky plenty to take a few family members in boondocks! I come from a very pocket-sized family on both my parent's sides so we never had a ton of people going in and out of our house. I e'er envy friends with a few siblings now, because as you lot get older I realize how much more family comes into play in your life.

I have a handful of family members hither in California and I am and then grateful for them! I was practically an but child since I was 11. My brother moved upwardly to WA and I have pretty much been on my own since and so. Which meant a lot of home solitary time but honestly I feel like I fabricated the most of information technology.

I'd like to think this is why I am so into creative stuff because I was always trying to go along busy. I was as well super lucky to have a handful of close girlfriends that I am still friends with today! Yous probably see Abagail (my assistant), Sabrina, and Alex in my posts every now and and so. They all came to the maverick bash terminal spring 🙂

Since everyone was in town, I knew I wanted to have a little dinner at the house! My house is teeny tiny simply I always seem to make information technology piece of work! My brother had been proverb during his whole 2-week trip that he wanted me to make him some pad thai. I am a total people pleaser so of grade, I said yes!

The only twenty-four hours they could all come over was Monday just I made it work! Entertaining people tin can exist tough on the weekdays but I also think it's totally doable!

Later a full day of shooting, I fabricated my mode over to Trader Joe's for the basics.

Honestly, I don't know how I would throw one-half the parties I do without Trader Joe'south. Their cheese department saves me every-time. But for this dinner I knew I needed to get out of the box a piffling…

Nosotros were having an Asian dish, I put together the cutest trivial Asian titbit dumpling lath.

I basically grabbed every frozen dumpling, egg coil, and wonton package from the freezer section at TJ's. Next, I picked out a large serving lath and put out three different types of dipping sauces, piled the board up with steamed appetizers and egg rolls and let the fam become at information technology.

Honestly, they loved information technology and it was the perfect duo with our salubrious pad thai.

There was hardly annihilation left and I very discreetly threw away my cardboard evidence lolz. It's okay, they totally knew I didn't brand all the dumplings by manus. Serving something pre made on a fun platter instantly heightens what the appetizer actually is.

While everyone was nomming on the epic Asian appetizer board I threw on some music and mingled while I made some pad thai. When I'thousand having people over for dinner I usually try and stick to casserole type dishes or i pot wonders.

I don't always do this because I love to switch it upwardly, only if y'all're brusk on fourth dimension these are the best kinds of dishes to feed a crowd with!

This was our starting time meal together since the holidays and I recall everyone was trying to exist a scrap more conscious of what they are eating.

Even my honey old Dad has taken a step in the right direction and trying to get his 'health' on.

An easy way to lighten up a regular pad thai recipe is to but swap out brown rice noodles for zoodles!

Do you guys like zoodles?! They are a bit catchy to melt merely with a few easy tips, they are the perfect good for you alternative to noodles.

How do yous keep zoodles from getting soggy?

Pat your zoodles dry with a paper towel to remove excess wet and water.
Cook them rapidly: I add them into any dish at the very end or I cook them up in a hot pan with simply olive oil for 2-three minutes.
Eat them correct away! Consume zoodles right after they are finished cooking for optimum texture and season.
Don't reheat them: Zoodles aren't the best food for reheating and can become soggy very speedily.
Y'all tin can put them in soup! Soup recipes help the 'soggy' problem and y'all won't notice the excess moisture. Just be certain to add together them in at the very end of cooking.

Ingredients for Salubrious Chicken Pad Thai with Zoodles:

Zucchini
Olive Oil
Bell peppers
Onion
Carrots
Bean Sprouts
Eggs
Craven thighs
Honey
Fish Sauce
Ruby-red Chili Sauce
Garlic
Ginger
Soy Sauce
Apple Cider Vinegar

The extra veggies added in more textures, flavors and a healthier twist. I sliced up some pan-grilled chicken thighs for the poly peptide but for this pad thai recipe, you can add in grilled shrimp, pork, or even scallops if you're feeling fancy!

Right before serving I put out bowls of cilantro, limes, crushed peanuts, and greenish onions for people to top off their dishes with! I usually throw out a few dissimilar types of hot sauce as well so that people tin can atmosphere their ain level of spice!

This healthy craven pad thai recipe is awesome to cook up for your fam or fifty-fifty just as a healthy weeknight dinner recipe 🙂

Bask! xoxo

Other good for you delicious dinner recipes:

Chili Lime Canvass Pan Chicken Fajitas
Chipotle BBQ Jackfruit Tacos
Skinny Fettuccine Pesto Alfredo

If y'all make this Salubrious Craven Pad Thai with Zoodles, exist sure to tag me on Pinterest and Instagram! I seriously love seeing what yous guys are making and sharing your creations with the College Housewife community!

Description

An like shooting fish in a barrel, low carb version of chicken pad thai! This healthy pad thai recipe is fabricated with zoodles instead of brown rice noodles.

For the pad thai:

three–4 Medium Zucchinis, spiralized

four Tablespoons of olive oil

one Xanthous bong pepper, thinly sliced

1 Cherry bong pepper, thinly sliced

1/2 Yellowish onion, thinly sliced

2 Carrots, shredded or thinly sliced

i Cup of bean sprouts

2 Whole eggs, browbeaten

1 Lb of chicken thighs or breasts

1 Teaspoon of kosher salt

1/ii Teaspoon of blackness pepper

For the sauce:

three Tablespoons of honey or agave nectar

4 Tablespoons of fish sauce

iii Tablespoons of red chili sauce

3 Garlic cloves, minced

1 Thumb of ginger, grated

2 Tablespoons of soy sauce

1 Teaspoon of rice wine vinegar

Squirt of sriracha if you similar it spicy!

Heat a grill pan or heavy bottom skillet on medium heat with 2 tbs. of olive oil. Flavour chicken with salt and pepper and cook for iv-5 mins on each side or until internal temp reaches 165. Let rest for 5 mins and thinly piece, gear up aside.
In a medium basin whisk together all of the sauce ingredients and gear up bated.
Heat 2 tbs of olive oil in a big pan on medium heat. Add in thinly sliced onions, bell peppers, and carrots and cook for five-six minutes or until onions are translucent.
Push veggies to i side of the pan and add in beaten eggs. Begin to melt eggs, moving them often until they are scrambled. Stir veggies and scrambled egg together and add in sauce mixture. Melt for 1-2 minutes or until sauce has thickened a little.
Add in zoodles and bean sprouts and coat well with sauce and make sure vegetables are well incorporated. Heat for 2-three minute or until zoodles are tender but not mushy.
Top with grilled chicken slices, cilantro, green onions, crushed peanuts and black sesame seeds.

For toppings:

Put out pocket-size bowls filled with chopped cilantro, green onions, crushed peanuts, blackness sesame seeds and limes! OR for a weeknight dinner but sprinkle toppings over bowls evenly.

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