This recipe is my brother's favourite food. We eat this dish a lot as a child. It's best with fried egg on the top!
Pad Kra Pao - Thai Stir-fry Pork Basil
Stir-fry Spicy Pork Basil Thai style.
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Ingredients
Servings:
- 20 g
- holy basil
- 2
- garlic cloves
- 3
- Chilies
- 3
- sliced big chili
- 240 g
- minced meat
- 2 tbsp
- vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp
- fish sauce
- 1 tbsp
- soy sauce
- 1 tbsp
- oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp
- Dark sweet soy sauce
- 1 tsp
- sugar
- 1
- egg white(s)
Steps to Prepare
Step 1 of 7
- 20 g holy basil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 3 Chilies
- 3 sliced big chili
- 240 g minced meat
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Dark sweet soy sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 egg white(s)
Make Pad-Kra-Pao sauce by mixing the ingredients together well. You can prepare this in advance. The sauce can keep in the fridge for upto 10 days.
Step 2 of 7
Fried an egg. (Optional)
Step 3 of 7
Prepare garlice paste by grinding them in a mortar or blender. Don't grind too much. You want to leave some crunch to the paste to add more texture and flavour to the dish.
Step 4 of 7
Prepare all of the ingredient by your stove. Stir-fry must be done fast so you want everything to be ready to go.
Step 5 of 7
Heat up the oil in a wok over high heat. Fry garlic paste until fragrance, about 10-15 seconds. Afterward, add the ground meat and stir-fry until the meat is almost dry. No juice. This is becuase you wan to sauce to intact to the meat to give a nice flavour. When the meat is dry, add the sauce and stir-fry until 2/3 of the sauce is evaporate. If it's getting too dry and starting to burn, you can add a little bit of water.
Step 6 of 7
Turn off the stove and add the basil leaves. Fold the leaves until they are well covered.
Step 7 of 7
Serve hot over steam rice or as a share side dish.
Published: January 19, 2021
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