My Amazing Spaghetti Squash Chicken Pad Thai Food

SPAGHETTI SQUASH CHICKEN PAD THAI

Steps:

• FOR THE SQUASH:.
• (You can do this part a day/days ahead).
• Preheat the oven to 375 °F.
• Cut spaghetti squash in half and scoop out seeds. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil, salt, and black pepper.
• Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Lay spaghetti squash face down on baking sheet, and add 1/4 cup water. Bake for about 30-45 minutes, depending how big the squash is, until fork tender. Let cool.
• Once cool, scrape out the spaghetti squash using a fork. Place in a medium mixing bowl and set aside.
• FOR THE REST:.
• Pound the chicken to ½ inch thickness and chop into bite-sized pieces.
• Heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in large wok or pan until rippling. Season chicken to taste with salt, pepper, garlic and turmeric (if using).
• Cook chicken over medium heat, stirring throughout until cooked through (about 6-8 minutes). Transfer chicken to a bowl and set aside.
• Crack eggs over preheated pan (where you cooked the chicken) and allow to fry for about a minute, then break them up with a spoon.
• Add the onions and cook until slightly soft, about 2 minutes.
• Add chicken, carrots (or sprouts), and spaghetti squash. Pour sauce over entire mixture and stir until incorporated.
• Top with peanuts.

SPAGHETTI SQUASH PAD THAI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place spaghetti squash, cut-side up, on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until squash is tender, 30 to 45 minutes. Shred squash meat using a fork and discard the peel.
• Combine chicken broth, peanut butter, chile-garlic sauce, fish sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, oyster sauce, ginger, sesame oil, and black pepper together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Whisk water and cornstarch together in a bowl until smooth; add to broth mixture and continue boiling until sauce thickens, 5 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer sauce.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; saute broccoli slaw, zucchini, red bell pepper, green onion, cilantro, and shredded spaghetti squash until tender, about 10 minutes. Add chicken and sauce to squash mixture; cook and stir until heated through, 3 to 5 minutes.

CHICKEN PAD THAI

Steps:

• Mix the chicken with half the sesame oil, flour, half the soy sauce and half the ginger paste and leave to marinade as long as possible (overnight if you can).
• Combine the remainder of the soy sauce, stock cube, sherry, vinegar, tomato puree, dried chilli, water and lemon juice in a jug.
• Fry the chicken until brown then set aside.
• Stir fry the onion, mange tout, baby sweetcorn and red and yellow peppers with the rest of the sesame oil and ginger paste for 2-3 minute.
• Add half the carrot, the bamboo shoots and water chestnuts and stir fry for a further 2 minute.
• Add the chinese leaves and half the beansprouts.
• Add the sauce mix from the jug and the thai sweet chilli sauce and mix well.
• While you are stir-frying, boil the noodles in a pan of water (usually about 5 min).
• Drain the noodles and add to your stir fry and mix well.
• Serve in bowls and garnish with the remainder raw carrot and beansprouts and the coriander and peanuts.

MY AMAZING SPAGHETTI SQUASH CHICKEN PAD THAI

Steps:

• follow my Spaghetti Squash 101 steps: take your knife and poke a few holes in the skin, in a dotted line along where you plan to slice the squash in half (they do not have to be super deep). Place the whole squash in the microwave for about 6 minutes. Let it cool slightly, cut off the stem end and then cut it in half along the dotted line you created and remove seeds.
• place your cut squash (halves or quarters) face down in a glass dish with 4 tbsp of water and microwave for about 10 minutes.
• while squash is cooking in microwave, whisk together your soy sauce, chicken broth, light brown sugar, peanut butter, rice vinegar, hot sauce, ground ginger, minced garlic, lime juice in a bowl and set sauce aside. Mix your corn starch with water and whisk into sauce.
• chop your onion and red bell pepper (optional) and set aside. Spray stove-top wok pan (or large fry pan) with cooking spray and add your ground chicken, basil, pepper and salt and cook about 5 minutes. Add your onion and bell pepper stirring occasionally until meat is fully cooked.
• remove inside of spaghetti squash from skin with fork and add into wok with cooked chicken. Toss in the bean sprouts (optional), sauce and top with chopped peanuts (optional).