Supplication Sunday

Matthew has been feeling a little school stress lately, and perhaps a tiny bit bummed that I am venturing to California without him later this week.

So I told him I would make whatever he wanted for dinner.  I think I might be crazy.

His request (or supplication because it goes well with Sunday) was Pad Thai. New territory for me, so I gladly obliged.

Vegetarian Pad Thai

• 1/3 cup chili sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp water
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 2 pounds WIDE rice stick noodles
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 egg whites
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup cilantro
• 2 cups bean sprouts

We first ventured out to buy two unknown ingredients

Fish sauce smells just like it sounds.  Gross.  But it adds a nice flavor.

First I brought a pot of water to a boil and then turned off the heat and added the noodles to the pot to soak.

In the meantime I combined the first 6 ingredients in a bowl to make a sauce.

I also whisked the eggs in a bowl, but didn’t take a picture because that’s boring.

I drained the noodles (we didn’t buy the wide kind, because they didn’t have any).

The oil and garlic went into a pan for about 1 minute, and then I added the eggs to scramble.

Finally I tossed in the noodles, sauce, cilantro, and bean sprouts for about 1 minute.

Serve with lime and peanuts.

We are headed to visit my parents tomorrow, and my mother has promised to cook whatever Matthew likes for dinner.

Someone is a little spoiled, and this time it really isn’t me!