This tasty low FODMAP Prawn Pad Thai gives a perfect balance of sweet, salty, sour and spicy flavours. It’s simple to prepare and many of the ingredients you may already have in your store cupboard. This will become a firm favourite and a great addition to your low FODMAP diet.
The ingredients below should make about 2 portions, so great for sharing.
Ingredients
- 200g rice noodles
- 3 tbspn garlic-infused oil
- ~12 uncooked medium or large prawns, peeled and deveined
- ½ medium red pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 tbspn fish sauce
- 2 tbspn white wine vinegar
- 1 tbspn paprika
- 1 large egg, whisked
- a little sugar to taste
- 2 tspns soy sauce (or tamarind)
- 4 spring onion leaves, sliced (green part only)
- ~110g fresh bean sprouts
- 3 Kaffir lime leaves
- Lime juice
Method
Start off by soaking the rice noodles in hot water for 15 minutes until soft. Drain and set aside. (You could also use pre-cooked rice noodles and skip this step). Heat a large pan over a medium heat and add the oil and prawns and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add the noodles, pepper slices and kaffir lime leaves. Stir-fry until noodles are translucent, for about another 4 minutes.
Add fish sauce, sugar, vinegar and paprika. Stir until well mixed. Adjust the flavour to taste with additional fish sauce, if preferred. Create a well and add the beaten egg into the well and allow to cook until the egg just starts to set, about 1 minute. Stir the cooked egg into the rest of the noodle mixture. Finally, add soy sauce, spring onion leaves and bean sprouts. Stir to mix and serve your delicious low FODMAP Pad Thai by squeezing some fresh lime juice.
Tips
- Try adding chicken, meat or tofu instead of fish
- For other similar low FODMAP recipe ideas see: aubergine and tomato curry, wild rice salad with citrus, pumpkin and lentil curry and skillet weekend hash
Help with your low FODMAP journey
If you feel that the low FODMAP diet can help with your IBS symptoms, then help is at hand. The low FODMAP diet improves symptoms in over 75% of IBS sufferers. It’s a tricky diet to do alone though and the best results are seen in those who have advice and support from an IBS dietitian. Specialist advice from an IBS/FODMAP dietitian, can help you navigate the complexities of the diet and help to make the diet practical to fit in with your lifestyle. For more information about the low FODMAP diet and to help you decide it this is the right approach for you, see my webpage about IBS treatment.
