"Four words: Sweet Potato Pad Thai. If you're craving A., Thai food, B., pasta, or C., sweet, salty, tangy, umami deliciousness that's still super light and healthy... this dish has you covered. And did I mention it's ready in about 20 minutes?"
Healthy Sweet Potato Pad Thai
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Use a Gluten Free Tamari Soy Sauce to easily make this recipe Gluten Free!
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Prep time 10mins
Cook time 10mins
Serves or Makes: 2
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For the Sauce:
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon tamarind paste
- 2 teaspoon soy sauce (or gluten-free tamari)
- 2 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoon palm sugar, coconut sugar, or brown sugar
- 1/4-1/2 tsp ground thai chilis, or cayenne pepper, or red chili flakes, to taste (or you can use fresh thai chiles, aka birds-eye chiles, for some real kick)
For the Veggies:
ingredients
- 2 -3 tbsp coconut or peanut oil, divided
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten (if you want to make this dish vegan, you can swap the egg for tofu)
- 2 large or 3 small sweet potatoes, peeled and spiralized (about 8 cups once spiralized)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoon water
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 cup bean sprouts
- 3 green onions, chopped (green and white parts), plus more for garnish
- 1/4-1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped, plus more for garnish
- 1 cup roasted and salted peanuts, chopped, plus more for garnish
- lime wedges, for serving (optional)