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Thai Basil Pork Recipe


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  • Author: Seonkyoung Longest

Ingredients

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  • 8 oz. Ground or minced pork, chicken, beef, or tofu (mushroom would be good too)
  • 4 Cloves garlic
  • 5 Thai chili (add less if you like mild)
  • 2 cups Thai sweet or holy basil (Approximately 2 to 3 oz.)

For the Sauce

  • 2 Tbs. Thai fish sauce
  • 1 Tbs. Thai dark sweet soy sauce
  • 2 tsp. Sugar
  • Cooking oil
  • 1 Egg
  • Lime wedges


Instructions

  1. Roughly chop garlic and chili, set aside. Take basil leaves from stem and set aside.
  2. In a small mixing bowl, add all ingredients for the sauce and whisk until sugar has dissolved; set aside.
  3. Heat a wok over high heat, add 2 Tbs. cooking oil. Add garlic and chili; stir fry until fragrance about1 minute. Make sure not to burn garlic.
  4. Add pork, and stir fry for 1 to 2 minutes or until pork is 3/4 way cooked.
  5. Pour sauce into wok and stir fry until pork absorbed about 30 second to 1 minute.
  6. Stir in basil and remove from heat.
  7. Fry egg with enough oil, almost like deep frying. Pour oil over egg with an wooden spoon so you don’t have to flip over egg.
  8. Place Thai basil on a serving place and place fried egg right on top.
  9. Serve with lime wedges and warm cooked Jasmine rice. Enjoy!
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