My version of Thai Basil Beef (Pad Ka Prao) with dried chillies, topped with fried eggs
My version of Thai Basil Beef (Pad Ka Prao) with dried chillies, topped with fried eggs

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*** the dish name Pad Ka-Prao means Stir-fry with Holy Basil so technically if not using the holy basil the name of the dish cant be Pad Ka-Prao but it will still be delicious. See recipes for My version of Thai Basil Beef (Pad Ka Prao) with dried chillies, topped with fried eggs too. The king of street food in Thailand is called Phat kaphroa, and it's made with your choice of meet (pork, chicken, beef, or seafood), stir fried with Thai holy basil and garlic, and served with rice and a fried egg.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have my version of thai basil beef (pad ka prao) with dried chillies, topped with fried eggs using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make My version of Thai Basil Beef (Pad Ka Prao) with dried chillies, topped with fried eggs:
  1. Take 400 g Beef mince (or chicken or pork)
  2. Make ready 2 Tbsp Oil
  3. Take 2 Tbsp Garlic, minced
  4. Prepare 10 g Large Dried Chillies (mild), roughly pounded
  5. Take 2-4 Small Dried Chillies (hot), roughly pounded
  6. Get 1 Tbsp Oyster Sauce
  7. Make ready 1 Tbsp Thai Seasoning Sauce
  8. Get 1 Tbsp Fish Sasuce
  9. Get 1 Tbsp Sweet Soy Sauce (or Kecap Manis)
  10. Make ready 1 tsp Light Soy Sauce
  11. Make ready 1 handful Basil or Thai Holy Basil
  12. Get Optional Fried Egg:
  13. Make ready 2 Eggs
  14. Prepare Oil for frying
  15. Prepare Spicy Fish Sauce (Nam Pla Prik)
  16. Prepare 3 Red Chillies, cut into thin slices
  17. Prepare 2 Tbsp Fish Sauce

The dish I order almost every time I set foot in a Thai restaurant, and one of my favorite things to cook at home. While we've posted a recipe for Thai Basil Chicken in the past, this beef version has a more intense flavor that comes from the darker, richer sauce used here. Spicy and aromatic Thai-style beef. [Photographs: J. Kenji López-Alt] Phat ka-phrao is a ubiquitous street dish in Thailand, where cooks wielding woks will rapidly stir-fry sliced or minced meat flavored with garlic, shallots, fish sauce, and fiery Thai bird chilies, finish it off with a big handful of holy basil, and serve it with rice and perhaps a fried egg on top.

Instructions to make My version of Thai Basil Beef (Pad Ka Prao) with dried chillies, topped with fried eggs:
  1. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. - Add garlic + large dried chillies + small dried chillies. - Fry until fragrant
  2. Add beef mince, break it up the lumps. - - When the beef is almost cooked through, season with oyster sauce + Thai seasoning sauce + sugar + sweet soy sauce + soy sauce. - - Keep frying over medium heat until it's dry-ish.
  3. Add basil leaves. Turn off heat. Stir to mix.
  4. In a small pan or pot, add oil up to about 1 cm height. - Heat over high heat until oil is hot. - Add one egg. - Let the egg white cook until it's crispy.
  5. When the egg white is crispy enough, gently scoop up the hot oil over the top of the egg to evenly cook the egg whites, and creates a thin coating over the egg yolk. - - Remove from pan. - - Repeat with the second egg.
  6. Mix together fresh chillies + fish sauce. - - Serve everything together with steamed rice.

My version of this classic Thai dish has spectacular taste even with regular basil instead of Thai or holy basil. The sauce actually acts like a glaze as the chicken mixture cooks over high heat. The recipe works best if you chop or grind your own chicken and have all ingredients prepped before you start cooking. In this Thai basil chicken recipe, you'll learn to cook an authentic Thai street version of the dish. Thai basil chicken, better known in Thai as pad kra pao gai (ผัดกระเพราไก่ pad ka prao gai), is a contender for the most popular, and the most beloved Thai street food dish of all time.

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