Stir-fried pork with Thai basil ( pad ka prao )
Author: Seema Nair
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: South-east Asian
Serves: 4
- 200g minced pork
- 5 small shallots (sliced)
- 3 garlic chopped
- 5 Thai red chillies
- 2 table spoon oil
- 1 cup of Thai basil leaves ( or Sweet basil)
- Sauce :
- 2 table spoon soy sauce ( I've used naturally brewed soy sauce, I find it slightly different in taste from the other types.)
- 1 table spoon oyster sauce
- 2 table spoon fish sauce
- 1½ table spoon sugar ( I've used brown sugar)
- Marinate the mince with 1/4 sauce mix for at least an hour. If not at least till you prep other ingredients.
- Bring a wok ( a large kadai) to smoking hot and add oil to it.
- Immediately add garlic and chilli and shallots, saute continuously for a minute. Do not allow to burn.
- Add in the marinated mince and cook till the mince is almost done. Since it's minced meat it'll take only a few minutes to cook.
- When the mince is almost done add in the remaining sauce mix.
- Stir and mix till the sauce is absorbed in the mince. Careful not to dry out the meat.
- Switch off the fire and add the basil leaves. The residual heat is enough to cook the basil.
- Enjoy !
Recipe by Seemology at https://www.seemology.com/stir-fried-pork-with-thai-basil-pad-ka-prao/
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