Sometimes you have a craving for something, but you just don’t know exactly what. That happened to us the other night. We wanted Thai food, but we didn’t want the expense of takeout, but we wanted the flavor. We scrolled through some recipes but most looked complex, involved too many ingredients, or were stuck behind paywalls or pop-ups. So, we tried Ollie. Within seconds, Ollie delivered this delicious, easy weeknight dinner: shrimp pad thai.
To get started, I opened up the Ollie app and asked for a new meal for this week. I selected the “Let me know what you’re craving” button and typed in “Thai food”. Ollie already knew my preferences (no red meat, quick to prepare), so the recipe that it suggested was immediately a great fit.
Shrimp Pad Thai
Full recipe generated by ollie.ai
prep 15 minutes cook 17 minutes 
4Ingredients
- 16 oz rice noodles
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 24 large shrimp peeled and deveined
- 4 eggs lightly beaten
- 2 cups bean sprouts
- 2 red bell peppers thinly sliced
- 6 green onions chopped
- 1/2 cup crushed peanuts
- 2 limes cut into wedges
- For the sauce: 6 tablespoons fish sauce 2 tablespoons tamarind paste, 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Cook Noodles: Cook the rice noodles according to package instructions. Drain and set aside.
- Prepare Sauce: In a small bowl, mix together the fish sauce, tamarind paste, and sugar. Set aside.
- Cook Shrimp: In a large pan or wok, heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and cook until pink and opaque, about 3-4 minutes. Remove shrimp from the pan and set aside.
- Cook Eggs: In the same pan, add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. Add the beaten eggs and scramble until cooked through. Push the eggs to one side of the pan.
- Combine Ingredients: Add the cooked noodles, bean sprouts, bell peppers, and green onions to the pan. Pour in the sauce and toss everything together until well combined and heated through.
- Serve: Return the shrimp to the pan and toss to combine. Serve hot, garnished with crushed peanuts and lime wedges.
We had so much fun making it, we created a video. See it all come together here:
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