2/18/2011

Stir-fried pork with basil









Ingredients:
1. Holy basil
2. Garlic smashed
3. Minced pork
4. Soy sauce
5. Vegetable oil
6. Oyster sauce
7. A little bit of Sugar
8. Carrot
9. Pepper powder
10. Long green bean
11. Onion
12. Chili (In case you would like spicy)


Directions:
1. Smashed garlic. Clean and pick kra-prao leaves (holy basil) from their stem. It may appear like a lot of leaves, but the leaves will shrink when cooked and this dish's flavor comes from the leaves.

2. Fry the garlic and chili pepper in oil over high heat. When garlic starts to turn brown, drop minced pork in and carrot, long green bean chopped. Stir constantly. The juice will start to come out. Keep stirring until all the juice is gone. It might take a couple of minutes.

3. Add a little bit of sugar, soy sauce and oyster sauce. Then add Thai basil. Quickly turn it over a few times to mix the leaves with minced pork and other vegetables then remove from the fire and put it in the serving plate or dishes. Serve hot with rice. Normally in Thailand, pad kra prao is served with a small bowl of chili pepper in fish sauce or fried egg.(sunny-side up egg).

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