A few weeks ago, a friend was telling me about how she'd had what basically tasted a lot like Pad Thai in the form of soup. Which made me wonder: could pad thai soup actually happened? I hit up the googles and found a really great looking recipe on Domestic Fits for just the thing: Pad Thai Soup. It seemed great, but maybe not peanut-y enough for me; I think Pad Thai needs to have some solid peanut undertones, along with the crushed nuts on top. It also didn't have shrimp, which think of as a requisite for my favorite versions of Pad Thai. I wondered (lots of wondering going on here), could I add peanut butter to the broth (like the Spicy Peanut Soup I made, way back when), and shrimp, AND some veggies, and create the Pad Thai soup of my dreams? 
Spoiler alert: the answer is yes. As the forecasters started going crazy with snowpocalypse predictions, I
realized a snowy day would be the perfect accessory to this dish. And then when Ms. XB, she of the new blog WeRouxTheDay called to ask if she could come up early and get snowed in to avoid traveling during the storm, I knew this had to happen. Dudes. This was the greatest. Fresh, healthy (or maybe not, but I don't want to know), good flavor, good spice, a nice balance of nutty and tart, and really perfect for being snowed in. I assure you, it goes well with that blizzard survival wine stash you and any of the other treats you've got hoarded up to make it through the snowy blowy weekend (ahem, ahem, chocolate covered frozen bananas, salt and pepper pretzel chunks, infused bourbon, brick of cheddar). As an added bonus, this recipe is one of the quickest, easiest soups I've made, and will adapt well to your personal preferences for what you like in your Pad Thai. This is a wonderful choose your own adventure type of dish. For me, it was winner, winner shrimp, chicken, peanut dinner!
Recipe below:
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| Pad Thai Soup + Friends + Major Blizzard = Majorly Tasty Fun |
