Rainbow Vegetarian Pad Thai With Peanuts And Basil Recipe

Once again, NOODLES. comment icon 478 more comments Here we are again, just me and my big bowl-o-noodles… and a few veggies, and a lot of sauce, and a handful of fresh basil and cilantro…. a fork, a hungry mouth, a heart-eyes emoji… ugh. This reunion with me and cooking could not get any happier. This Rainbow Vegetarian Pad Thai is first and foremost RAINBOW, which is the only fun way to eat anything in life. It is brown rice noodles (affiliate link), and spiralized veggies (affiliate link) (because veggies in noodle form feels like more noodles), and a super tangy-delicious Pad Thai sauce that you just shake up in a jar in about five seconds flat, and peanuts that almost instantly start to soak up the sauce, and a gently scrambled egg that kind of cream-ifies the whole thing. Also: fresh herbs by the fistful. You’ll take a bite, you’ll love it, and then you’ll remember you have to add in the basil, and so you’ll add them in and try your second bite complete with the herbs, and OH MY GOODNESS things just went to the next level. I’m so excited for you.

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Low Effort, Big Flavor

This Rainbow Vegetarian Pad Thai (with peanuts and basil dohhh) is just really good, my friends. It is really good and surprisingly easy. I took a few ideas I had seen out there in the big wide internet world (vegetables as noodles! Pad Thai sauce-ery!) and made them into this. And I am so happy with how it turned out + the minuscule amount of effort it takes to get there. As I’ve mentioned a few times, I’ve been really taking it easy lately in the kitchen. When I say take it easy, I don’t mean making ten minute basil artichoke toasts and five minute magic green sauce. I mean taking it easy as in NOT COOKING ANYTHING. We’re talking life-saving dinner made by friends, hot dogs (gulp), mac and cheese, and chicken nuggets out of the freezer. During these last few weeks, my old self has definitely been food-snob-judging my current self. It’s a hard job, all this noodle-eating, but I’m willing to fight the good fight. Carry on, Warrior!

Ingredients In This Vegetarian Pad Thai

Lots of easy-to-find, fresh ingredients in this Pad Thai!

Brown rice noodles* Veggies (you can use whatever you’d like, but we really love red bell peppers, zucchini, onion, and carrots) Egg Peanuts Fresh herbs

And for the sauce you’ll need:

fish sauce brown sugar broth white vinegar soy sauce chili paste

How To Make Some Yummy Pad Thai

Let’s talk about how to make this Pad Thai, because it’s so easy. More like I’ll show you with pictures because I talk too much, always.

Pad Thai Variations

Lots of ways to make these noodles for you! May we suggest…

Crisped up tofu – why are these cubes so addictingly good? Bean sprouts – the perfect crunch Garlic – hello, good friend. You are welcome here. Lime squeeze – the perfect freshness right on top Different veggies (mushrooms, green onions, pea pods, so many fresh options!)

However you Pad Thai, do not, we repeat, DO NOT sleep on these slurpable noodles. Just so, so good. NOTE: The fish sauce is a key ingredient and the flavor is hard to replicate, and personally, I’m not a die-hard vegetarian, so this works for me as is. But that being said, if I were absolutely 100% vegetarian, I would try this recipe as a vegan fish sauce substitute. 4.3 from 190 reviews

More Slurpable Noodle Recipes

Coconut Curry Ramen (think heavy pulls of steamy ramen noodles) Sesame Noodle Bowls (easy to meal prep) 15 Minute Lo Mein (dinner on the table in 15 minutes!)