This 21 Day Fix Chicken Pad Thai Zoodles dinner is a light and delicious take on Chicken Pad Thai. It’s packed with flavor, but gluten free, soy free, and 21 Day Fix-approved! This post contains affiliate links to products I’m obsessed with.
Confession #64 – My goal this week has been to shower more often.
I’m serious.
Now that I am on leave and spend my days at home with my children, I have no idea where the time goes. And how I once managed to workout, shower, and commute nearly an hour each morning. All before 7:3oam.
I need to get on a schedule. It would help if my sweet son would sleep through the night for me. Perhaps then I wouldn’t press snooze a million times, ensuring another day of ponytails and sweat pants.
Anyway, day three has gone pretty well. I even managed a bit of lip gloss.
My other goal was to make a fix inspired, soy free, and gluten free version of my favorite take out dish – Pad Thai. I miss our little neighborhood Thai restaurant from our days living in Philly. I haven’t found one in the burbs that compares.
In total honesty, this may not be perfect from a Pad Thai purist standpoint, but it was still SO yummy. I left out a few key ingredients – namely fish sauce, sugar, and soy sauce, and replaced them with coconut aminos, honey, and fresh lime juice. The result – a deliciously bright and fresh tasting dinner- way better than a lot of take out I’ve had.
Look at me…crushing goals and it’s only Wednesday Thursday.
I hope you enjoy the chicken Pad Thai zoodles recipe!
New to Coconut Aminos? Check out this post to find out what it is and why I love it!
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Chicken Pad Thai Zoodles is a light and delicious take on Chicken Pad Thai. It’s packed with flavor, but gluten free, soy free, and 21 Day Fix-approved!
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
- 4 teaspoons coconut oil, divided
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 3 stalks green onion, cut into 2” lengths
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- 1/2 cup matchstick cut carrots
- 2 large zucchini, cut into noodle spirals
- Himalayan salt
- dash of crushed red pepper
- 1 lime
- 1 T honey
- 4 T coconut aminos (or more to taste)
- 1/4 cup chopped peanuts
- cilantro
Instructions
- Make a quick Pad Thai sauce by mixing 1 T lime juice, honey, coconut aminos and crushed red pepper. Set aside.
- Season the chicken breasts with Himalayan salt, and cook in 1 teaspoon of the coconut oil over medium heat. When finished, remove from pan and wipe pan clean with a paper towel.
- Using another teaspoon of coconut oil, cook scrambled eggs in pan. Remove when finished and set aside with the chicken. Again – wipe the pan clean with a paper towel.
- Using the remaining 2 teaspoons of coconut oil, cook the green onion, garlic and ginger for a minute until fragrant.
- Add carrots to the pan and stir fry for another few minutes before adding chicken and egg back to the pan.
- Add zoodles and cook for a minute or until they begin to soften. Add Pad Thai Sauce and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning if desired.
- Divide into two plates and top with freshly squeezed lime juice, chopped peanuts and cilantro. Serve with additional lime wedges.
Notes
Serves 2
each serving is 1 RED, 1 1/4 GREEN, 1 ORANGE, 2 tsp
Weight Watchers Freestyle Points – 8 (without peanuts) 11 (with peanuts)
Keywords: dinner, chicken, pad thai, thai food, gluten-free, grain-free, lunch, low-carb, high protein, soy-free
Patty B says
Oh my goodness! I made this tonight and it was amazing! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Nancylynn says
I am SO thrilled!!! Thank you for the great feedback!!!
Teresa says
What “flavor” of the aminos did you use ? I see that there are different ones but don’t know what to buy ! Also what else can you use it for ? Thanks !
Nancylynn says
Coconut! You can use it in my Crock Pot Asian Chicken, Stir Fry, Salad dressings…endless possibilities!
Brooke says
Is it possible to use regular liquid Aminos? I have everything to make this for dinner except the coconut Aminos and couldn’t find them at the store 🙁
Nancylynn says
Sure! Go for it!
Kelly Miller says
Just added ingredients for this to my Wegmans app! Can’t wait to make it this week. Chicken Pad Thai is my jam!
Nancylynn says
YES!!! Let me know what you think!!!
Helen Parsons says
I don’t usually review ( yes I’m one of those) but this was fabulous!!!!! Thank you! The hubby loved it too ❤❤❤
Nancylynn says
This is the best…as someone who has good intentions to review, but doesn’t always follow through…I SO appreciate your comment! You made my night! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Tara Jo says
My husband will not eat zucchini…. what noodles could be substituted for him?
Nancylynn says
What about long brown rice noodles or whole wheat thin spaghetti?
Cass says
Oh my goodness, this was soooo good! My husband hates zucchini and he couldn’t believe how much it tasted like noodles. Definitely going to be making it again soon. My picky family loves your recipes. Can’t wait to try more!
Nancylynn says
YES! Such a major win…as someone with a picky husband and picky kids, I know what a big deal it is to pull off zoodles! Thank you for the awesome comment – made my day!
Erica Sanderson says
I fixed this last night for dinner. We LOVED it!!! Pad Thai is one of my favorites so I was thrilled to find one I could eat on the 21 Day Fix. I will definitely use this again! Thanks for sharing!
Nancylynn says
Yay!!! This makes me SO happy to hear!!
Dori Waller says
This was one of the best meals I have ever made! Thank you so much! My husband agrees and he is not normally a fan of zucchini noodles!
Nancylynn says
This made my day! Thank you so much, Dori! <3 <3
Victoria Shanahan says
This was unbelievably good!! I replaced the zoodles with rice noodles and it was the best pad Thai I have ever had. Thanks for the recipe!
Nancylynn says
AGHHH!!! Thank you SOOOOO much for making my day!!!
Christine says
This was delicious! I had to make a couple adjustments as I was missing a couple things. I substituted 1 tsp natural peanut butter in the sauce instead of the peanuts and I used soy sauce instead of the aminos. My 17 yr old daughter and I really enjoyed it. My husband and younger kids wouldnt touch it, they had something else. But i was fine with that because that means theres extra for lunch tomorrow! Thank you?
Nancylynn says
YAY!!!! I am so happy that the two of you enjoyed it – and I love that you used what you had. Totally the way to go!
Joyce says
Made this for supper tonight, did not use cilantro, pepper flakes or ginger as my mother-in-law does not care for ginger and it was delicious. Will make this again. Thank you
Nancylynn says
That’s awesome, Joyce!
Cari says
Hi,
Do you happen to know how many calories, fat, protein and carbs this dish has? My husband is on a different diet program and needs to know that info. Thank you so much!
Cari
Nancylynn says
Hi Cari! I don’t, but I love myfitnesspal.com for that kind of thing!
Katherine Middleton says
This looks amazing! I was wondering if I was to make it 80 DO approved, would I use less coconut oil to get rid of 1 tsp, and slightly less veggies?
Nancylynn says
Yes! That would work perfectly!
Michelle P says
This was so good! We made it for dinner and even our kids (15, 13 & 7) loved it! They asked for it to be put on regular dinner rotation, which is high praise!
Nancylynn says
My goodness! That IS high praise! Thank you for making my day, Michelle! <3
Dana Spivey says
Any idea how many cups of zucchini noodles you guys typically yield from a “large” zucchini
Nancylynn says
I would say on average 3!
Allison says
Do you think this could be used for meal prep? Like double or triple it for the week? What would you do or change if any if this could work.
Nancylynn says
I’m sorry I missed this, but yes! I would just prep the zoodles separate and only add them on the night you are going to eat!
Ashley says
Hi! So excited to try this, sounds delicious. Just curious how you’re counting the peanuts? Normally I would count them as blue, but don’t see it here. Are you counting them as an orange, or was the orange for the sauce? Thanks!
Nancylynn says
They are the orange!
Amy says
I was craving Pad Thai tonight and this was DELICIOUS!! I made it with rice noodles to convince my picky eater. It got a two thumbs up from the whole family!
★★★★★