Looking for a quick and easy meal that is fresh and will feed the family? It has been tested by hundreds of families and has made its way onto the weekly rotation of many… is there any better compliment?
This Quick Thermomix Pad Thai was originally featured in The 4 Blades Podcast Episode 76: Thermomix Thai Recipes, along with some fabulous Thai curries from Nikalene of Skinnymixers.
Bec wanted to call it ‘Quick Un-Authentic Thermomix Pad Thai'. Joe said no.
What makes it un-authentic? Well, it doesn't have sugar, as pad thai usually does. Also, the vegetables are chopped up in the Thermomix, rather than left in matchstick form. The great news is that this Thermomix Pad Thai has good-for-you ingredients, it really goes a long way (feeding a crowd) and it doesn't cost the earth. In fact, we chose to feature it in The Budget Issue of our digital magazine, as it's such a cost effective meal.
For a bit of fun, check out the video below. It's Bec and Joe showing how quick and easy it is to make this Thermomix Pad Thai on Day 1 of 30mix. 30mix was the 12 day challenge we run – a new recipe and video every day, each taking less than 30 minutes to complete. It was great fun. Be sure that you are on our mailing list to hear about our next one!
Give this Thermomix Pad Thai a try, and let us know what you think in the comments below!
If you need it to be egg-free, omit the egg.
If you need it to be nut-free, omit the nut garnish, and replace the peanut oil.
If you need it to be vegetarian, substitute the chicken with tofu and the fish sauce with soy sauce .
If you need it to be vegan, omit the egg, substitute the chicken with tofu, and the fish sauce with soy sauce.
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Quick Thermomix Pad Thai
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 6
Description
This tasty Thai noodle dish is so flavoursome and full of good ingredients. If it's a regular at your house (especially if you are paying for takeaway!) it's worth investing in the base ingredients so that you can make it time and time again with minimal outlay. Other ideas to make this dish cheaper include freezing your herbs and chillies, and buying packs of noodles whilst on sale. This dish is easily made vegetarian by omitting the chicken. You can add strips of tofu if you prefer. Scroll down beneath the recipe for the breakdown of costs.
No: Gluten / Dairy
Contains: Egg / Nuts
*Variations: Can be made without Nuts
Ingredients
- fresh coriander – 30g, or from frozen
- carrot – 120g, roughly chopped
- capsicum – 120g, roughly chopped
- rice noodles – 200g, thick, dried
- garlic cloves – 2, peeled
- chilli – 1, red, large (or alter chilli choice to your taste preference)
- spring onion – 1, white part only
- fish sauce – 30g
- tamarind purée – 30g
- peanut oil – 90g
- egg – 1
- chicken breast – 500g
- bean sprouts – 1 handful, mung, washed
- lime – 1, halved, juice only, optional (can use bottled lime juice)
- peanuts – 1 handful, roasted, unsalted, or cashews, roughly chopped, optional
- fresh coriander – extra, to garnish
- nuts of choice – extra, to garnish
Instructions
- Add coriander (30g) to the bowl. Chop Speed 7 / 1 second.
- Add carrot (120g) and capsicum (120g) to the bowl. Chop Speed 7 / 1 second. Set vegetables aside.
- Boil kettle of water. Pour the kettle over the rice noodles sitting in the insulated server. Set a timer for 10 minutes. Drain the noodles after this time.
- Add garlic (2 cloves), chilli (1) and shallot (1) to the bowl. Chop Speed 7 / 1 second. Scrape down the sides.
- Add fish sauce (30g), tamarind paste (30g) and peanut oil (30g) to the bowl. Mix Speed 6 / 5 seconds.
- Program 2 minutes / 90C / Speed 3.
- Heat remaining peanut oil in a large frypan on the stove.
- Add egg (1) to the bowl. Combine Speed 3 / 5 seconds.
- Add chicken strips (500g) and half the sauce mixture to the heated frypan on the stove. Cook the chicken through.
- Add the drained noodles, chopped vegetables, bean sprouts, remaining mixture and peanuts to the frypan. Mix thoroughly.
- Squeeze lime over the top and garnish with some fresh coriander leaves and extra peanuts. Season with salt if preferred.
Notes
- Best served fresh or reheated
Keywords: Free Thermomix Recipes, Lunch & Dinner Thermomix Recipes
This was DELICIOUS! I’ve tried a few Pad Thai recipes but this is by far my favourite one, and so easy to make too. Will certainly be putting it on rotation. Thanks guys – loved it!
OMG THIS IS SOOOOOO GOOD!!!!!!!!! I am in love with this recipe!!! 🙂
Oh that is so good to hear! Thanks!
Yum this was so delicious, thanks for a great recipe.
Please note the shallot is missing from the ingredients list 🙂
Thanks Sheridan! Eagle eyes! Amended now!
Does the egg go in raw? Sorry if this is a silly question.
It sure does Tessa! It cooks when you are stirring through.
Yes! This one’s going on regular dinner rotation.. So quick & tasty. Hubby had 2 bowls!
That is so great to hear! Thanks Kiarra!
So did mine lol
This video is hilarious! Love you two!
🙂
V
What brand of fish sauce do you use? I found the fish sauce very overpowering while preparing the dish and found it a little hard to enjoy as I kept thinking of the fish sauce smell when I was eating it.
I just used the Woolworths select brand. Didn’t find that one overpowering at all. Maybe try a different brand.
We used an Asian brand… I don’t have it on me right at the minute. Just wondering, could your scales be out a bit?
Did you know that fish sauce is not vegetarian? So to make it vegetarian/vegan this needs to be omitted too. I know some people say “oh but some vegetarians eat fish” no… Those people are not vegetarian lol.
Thank you so much Teniele! I must have had my brain on another planet when I wrote that out – all fixed now!
I looked back on this when I made it and then noticed that it did say to substitute fish sauce, obviously after you changed it but before I read your reply… So I thought when I first read it MY brain must of been on another planet and missed where it said to substitute ? Hehehe
You can get vegetarian fish sauce.
Really?! That is interesting! Thanks Lesley!
Can I just say WOW!!! I devoured this – as did my fussy husband!! Even my 6yr old son who only eats sausages liked it!
Will say it didn’t smell that great when I mixed/cooked the sauces (not a fan of fish sauce smell) but by eating time the smell had cooked away and what was left was just amazing!!
Thank you!!
Sensational! So glad you liked it!
This was so easy and super tasty- I can’t believe I’ve waited this long to make it!! I swapped peanut oil for EVO as my son is allergic to peanuts and omitted the tamarind paste as I didn’t have it and it was perfect!!! Thank you for a wonderful recipe.
Hooray! Thanks for letting us know!
This was amazing. I reduced the chilli amount for the kids and even my partner who doesn’t like Asian food liked it.
I’m just wondering how it goes with freezing and then reheating with the rice noodles.
Hi Sarah! Glad you enjoyed it! Reheating from the fridge is fine, but from frozen isn’t my favourite…
This will be on our diy take-away list. Although un-authentic it’s still yummy and quick and makes more than enough to feed to the 4 of us.
Haha, so glad you like it all the same, despite it’s lack of authenticity! Love it!
Can you substitute the Corriander for anything?
Just take it out if you’re not a fan Ellen. 🙂
This was fantastic. I didn’t use coriander or the bean sprouts and it still tasted amazing! My husband said it was nicer than any he had at a restaurant!
That’s so great to hear! Thank you for sharing Tammy!
Made this tonight, used home grown aromatics, the chicken was amazingly tender!
Oooh sounds awesome Di! Thank you for sharing!
This was inedible for us. It’s a perfect example of ‘never read the comments’ for me. I was gagging while it was cooking because of the stench of the fish sauce and the smell was no better eating it. The dish was incredibly flavourless, despite the strong odour. I wasted $20 of ingredients plus $60 for the subsequent takeaway. I suspect you wont publish my review. I suspect there are many poor reviews not published. How can anyone eat this!
Hi Rebecca! Thanks for taking the time to let us know it hasn’t worked out for you. We completely hear you that fish sauce can be potent – we once had a bottle of it leak in our car… ew! Alas, we haven’t noticed the smell in this recipe. I wonder if your scales are off? It should have only been 1.5 Tbsp in total, which isn’t enough to cause a stink. That being said, everyone has different sensitivities I suppose. We actually do publish our recipe reviews, I guess we just haven’t had anyone who has felt like you, or perhaps they just go by the old Bambi philosophy of ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all’ (an old favourite of my Mum’s… it used to drive me nuts!) Thanks again for taking the time to let us know your result, and sorry that you didn’t enjoy the meal. 🙂
You are the nicest people in the world. What thoughtful replies!
Oh that’s very nice of you to say, thanks Felicity!
Such a great recipe! This has fast become a staple dinner in this household. So much flavour and so simple and quick.
Awesome to hear!
We eat Pad Thai from our local Thai Restaurant on a monthly basis… I tried this recipe a few days ago and the whole family loved it!!! Now I can safely say that I think the restaurant is going to miss us cause we ain’t going back no more!
Woohoo! Awesome to hear!
Just made this today for lunch for my girls
It was quick simple cheap and cheerful, definitely will be made again.
Thankyou
Our pleasure Gia!
Very nice and easy, we eat lots of Asian so we had everything in the cupboard, or could get at the local supermarket without needing a trip to a specialist shop, which was handy. One thing, the noodles were completely mushy…I got the packet out of the bin, the directions said to boil 6-8 minutes, so I will reduce the soaking time next time. Thet were Erawin Pad Thai from Woolies.
Ahhh… yes, good tip! Follow the noodle instructions!
I’m going to try this tonight but I’m going to substitute the chicken for prawns and omit the coriander. I hope it will be as great as everyone is saying that it is!
How did you go Keryn?
YUM!!!! It was so easy and delicious, I had to stop myself from eating it all in one sitting! I will be making this regularly. Thanks for another great recipe!
Our pleasure Alycia! Thank you for letting us know!
Can you use another herb and not coriander?
Thank you
I would just omit it if you don’t like it Elayne 🙂
I’m planning on making this but not sure when the egg is added? Is that what you are referring to when you say add the mixture to the pan with the chicken?
Hi Sam! Yep, just in Step 7, before it says about the mixture. 🙂
Oops I added it to the pad Thai mixture in the TM bowl, not seperately straight into the wok with the chicken!
So did I. It did say bowl in the recipe.
Hi, my TM5 is being delivered tomorrow (yay!) and I am thinking of making this pad thai for dinner on Saturday. Do you think the recipe would still taste nice if I used “slim pasta” wok noodles instead of rice noodles? (Trying to reduce the carbs ;)…)..??
I haven’t tried those noodles before, so give it a whirl and let us know how you go! PS. Congratulations!
Konjac noodles worked a treat! Hubby said the meal was very comparable to Thai takeaway! Winning!!!!
Woohoo Gabrielle, that’s awesome!
Oh and I used a hot wok instead of a pan- great!!
There are two things I never do.. 1. Give feedback on recipes, and 2. Actually like anything that I cook! Well tonight has been an absolute winner – THIS PAD THAI ROCKED!! It was super easy and delicious.. My Dad who dislikes Asian cuisine, my Mum who feels bloated after every meal, and my one year old who refuses to eat anything, all LOVED it! Thank you for such a lovely recipe, I will definitely be making this again xx
So awesome to hear, thanks so much Codie!
Cooked this tonight, the 3 year old ate it, the 13 month old loved it, the 8 year old loved it, I loved it….and hubby really, really loved it. Winner! Thank you so much!
Our absolute pleasure Kylie – thank you for sharing!
Hi! Making the pad Thai tonight but could only find Tamarind purée not paste. Is it the same thing? If not does anyone know what quantity I would need to use.
Thx
Lauren
Absolutely Lauren, tamarind puree is perfect. 🙂
This was a hit!
So easy so tasty and the kids even loved it.
I am pretty fussy with my Thai food and it has been very difficult to find an authentic tasting pad Thai that I feel has met expectations.
Going on the menu planner ?
Awesome to hear Jessica!
I have only raw peanuts. Any tips on how to make them work for this recipe please?
Could you just toast them on a dry frypan or in the oven Erin?
hi quick question- what type of capsicum do you use? Green or red? i’m going to give this a go this week, been craving pad thai but there are no good thai places near my new house 🙁
We used red Jill. 🙂 Good luck!
Gave it a go yesterday and found it a bit bland – added some extra tamarind paste on top and that made it a lot better. Thanks for the recipe but I think this one was not for us.
We used the vegan variation and I used my home-made vegan fish sauce (based on seaweed). Also used thin rice noodles rather than thick.
Hi Madge! Thank you for letting us know your experience! Glad you were able to rescue it with the extra tamarind paste – great quick thinking! Good on you for having a go!
I was he sister to try this as I’ve had many failed attempts at my favourite Pad Thai, but this was amazing!!! Better than some takeaway I’ve had. Thanks for making life just a little easier ?
Our pleasure Julie! Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by!
I made this tonight after reading many rave reviews. I wouldn’t say it’s as good as a traditional pad thai, but given that it’s meant to be a quick thermie version, it achieved this and the taste was pretty good. This is definitely a recipe I will make it again since it was so quick and yum. After reading other comments I added a tablespoon of sugar when making the sauce and used olive oil instead of peanut as that’s what I had.
Great feedback, thanks Andrea!
Making this for dinner tomorrow..I am confused about the egg..does it go in the thermie bowl or in the frypan?
Hi Bridget! Sorry to have missed this! It goes in the bowl to make the sauce.
Hi we loved the pad Thai I made an omelette with 2 eggs shredded it then set aside, also used small amount of fish sauce and added kebab manis for seasoning very nice! Thank you very much?
I love including egg! Thank you for the suggestion!
I’ve heard so many great reviews about this recipe that I had to try it. Sadly I was really disappointed, actually let me rephrase that….. I eat everything so I was happy to eat it but my children were so unhappy (one cried lol) Normally I would free style this kind of thing in a wok. For us I think the missing ingredient was the sugar, I did notice other comments (after the disaster dinner) about the lack of sugar, perhaps you could add it in the ingredients list as an additional option for those not following a low sugar diet? Just a thought. Personally I don’t really see pad Thai as a Thermomix recipe, in future I’ll leave it for 100 wok cooking. Also didn’t like the blitzed veggies, it’s worth the extra 60 seconds to cut veg into batons.
I hope my feedback doesn’t offend anyone!
Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback Nicky! As we mention in the blurb of this recipe, we created it as an ‘unauthentic’ Pad Thai… lol! We didn’t add sugar because we don’t eat sugar, but obviously anyone can add it in, which is why we mention it (and it’s great that people leave comments to prompt this as an option too). Hopefully your kidlets loved the next thing you made 🙂
So quick. So easy. So delicious!
My son can’t eat peanuts as he’s allergic, would substituting the peanuts for cashews work or would the flavours not be right?
That should be fine Kim! Just remember to sub out the peanut oil too!
Made this tonight and found it very unbalanced without the sugar… i have lived in Thailand and palm sugar is an important balancer in their cooking, without it there was sour salty and a little spicey and absolutely no sweet. Next time I’ll be adding palm sugar as it is very much needed. While I recognize that you dont eat sugar, im afraid you’re doing yourself a disservice as many people will make this as the first of your recipes, be dissapointed and not try anymore. I would add the sugar as an option in the ingredients listing…
Hi Lulu
Thanks for the feedback. We really try to keep all of our recipes low in sugar or without sugar. It does depend on what your pallette is used to as well. We’ve had this recipe tested by heaps of people and have had really good feedback. If you’re after a super traditional pad thai this may not be the best option. This is designed to be a quick and healthy option that rivals the real thing.
Thanks again for reaching out!
Joe
Family favourite. Thank you for sharing. I used sweet potato as a sweetener. Absolutely delicious.
Thanks Amanda!
So tasty & so easy! Teenagers & hubby loved. Thank you, will be a regular on our family menu. Doubled ingredients to feed the equivalent of 6 adults and had leftovers.
Great to hear! Thank you!
Thanks for such a yummy recipe ! This was delicious and so easy. I didn’t have lime juice or bean sprouts so added in some bok Choy and used mild extra virgin olive oil instead of peanut oil. This was loved by all in my house , thank you !
Also added 40g raw sugar to keep everyone happy.
We have to keep the troops happy, right Maria? Glad you were able to make some tweaks to use what you have!
Amazing recipe, super easy really tasty and a good healthy take on a traditional yummy takeaway. Thanks so much!
Glad you liked it Katherine!
Loved this recipe! I usually like one pots and was hesitant that there was a fry pan component but this is so quick and easy! Made it after the gym easily all done in 25mins! I added 30g brown sugar thought the flavours were awesome!
Great to hear Joslin! Thank you for sharing!
It was terrible. I could barely eat it
Oh no Nina, that sounds awful! I wonder what went wrong!
I loved it! Beautiful flavours. Have recommended it to others. Also loved the fact that you responded so nicely the people that did not love it and included their comments on your page. Your response to everyone, whether they liked it or not were beautifully worded. A pat on the back to you all!
Oh THANKS Maureen! Lovely of you to say!
I kind of winged it, cooked the chicken first then did the sauce while it was cooking. I added extra chicken so I made 1.5 times the amount of sauce. I also added two eggs. I did three quarters of a red capsicum and two carrots, cooked the noodles in between . Added a few squirts of lime juice at the end. It pleased me and it certainly pleased my hard to please husband, winner in our house! Adding to my recipe folder. Thank you.
Hooray for adding a new recipe to the folder! That’s great, and love your tweaks!
A very new Thermomix user : We enjoyed the the final result of the recipe, but feel the steps are very disjointed. also didn’t know where at add the egg.
Hi Lynn! Thanks for letting us know. What do you think would have made it smoother for you? The egg is added at Step 7. 🙂
Have been meaning to make this for ages, I’m angry I waited so long, because we could have enjoyed this so many times!
I went a little easy on the coriander (hubby isn’t the biggest fan), and had to omit the garlic & spring onion due to allergies, but this was still super tasty! My hubby went back for seconds, and my 5 & 1.5year old girls wolfed it down.
Woohoo!!! That’s awesome Kimberley, and thank you so much for sharing your experience!
another fan here! i halved the coriander and fish sauce as i my 9 month old and 2.5 yr old were also eating it and omitted the chilli (added it on top for hubby and i!)
also i only had tamarind puree and not paste as well so i chucked a dash of soy in the sauce too.
but easy peasy and delicious – thank you!!
Yay! So glad you liked it! Thanks for the feedback Louise!
As anyone tried freezing this reciepe? We are super busy so fortnightly meal prep is a must.
Yep! My parents freeze this regularly!
This was absolutely delicious! I made this more so for me! But suprisingly my husband and 18 month old LOVED it! They usually don’t like this type of food. So thank you! Delicious, quick, easy and healthy. All round love. Different to the traditional Pad Thai but still so yummy!
Oh that’s great that you enjoyed it Cassie – and a winner dinner for an 18 month old is always well received!
The dish turned to a disaster, l was so disappointed… Than l searched for other websites and l was wondering what’s the difference.
I realised you have no sugar added comparing to other ones, so l added 50 gr of raw sugar and than was devine, this is so crucial for this recipe otherwise doesn’t taste nice at all!!
I did not like this recipe at all, like Eliana mine was a disaster. It just didn’t taste like anything, really disappointing given the hype about it
Hi
Firstly just wanted to mention I never review things but I just had to review this recipe!!
I tried this once before and have been craving it ever since!! I used less chicken and added prawns and tofu to the mix and it was absolutely amazing!!! I love that it has no sugar it tastes fresh and i dont feel sluggish after eating it.. thanks for the awesome recipe! 🙂
We make this all the time and my kids love it. They don’t even realise that it’s healthy. Thanks so much!
Tastes brilliant, I did add a can of coconut cream to the last step…
Lovely quick dish. I added 30 gms coconut sugar to appeal to the kids taste buds, could probably get away with only 20 gms sugar. Will become a regular in our household.
Thanks so much for taking the time to write your experience here Eliana! You’re right, a lot of recipes for pad thai use sugar. We didn’t want to do that because of Bec’s sensitivities to sugar, and have had hundreds of people test it as is, but we are sure there will be some people very happy to implement your feedback and find it delicious! Thanks again!
Hi there,
Thanks so much for this info…just wondering in which step should I add the sugar?
Thank you very much
Dana
I thought this was delicious and didn’t miss the sugar at all….????????????
That’s great to hear Terri!
Hi Dana! I would add it when you add the peanut oil to make the sauce 🙂
How weird Kasey! I wonder what element was missing for you. Disappointing indeed!
That’s great to hear! Thanks so much for sharing Marita!
Yay! Awesome to hear, thanks Mardi!
Oh great idea to make it creamy Jai!
Great to hear! Thank you for sharing Kylie!