Pasta & noodles
Clam Pad Thai
Sweet-sour-savory noodles, clam edition
- 30 min
- Medium
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- 8 razor clams, sliced
- 6 oz rice noodles, soaked
- 3 tbsp fish sauce, 2 tbsp tamarind paste, 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 eggs, bean sprouts, garlic chives
- Crushed peanuts, lime
Method
- Mix fish sauce, tamarind and sugar into the sauce.
- Hot wok: scramble the eggs, push aside.
- Noodles + sauce; toss until the noodles drink it up.
- Clams and sprouts for the last 90 seconds.
- Plate with peanuts, chives and lime.
Tip. Have everything at arm’s reach — pad thai is a 4-minute sprint.
Start with how to clean a razor clam if your clams are still in the shell. Washington's daily limit is the first 15 you dig, so most recipes here are sized for one limit or less.
Dig them first.
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