Pad Kra Pao or Pad Kra Pow is a Thai signature dish, it is the basil stir fry with rice and generally cook with pork or beef.  However, most of the restaurant usually cook with pork unless you have special request. Since I am a beef lover, for this recipe I choose to use beef. It is super yummy, let’s jump to the recipe of Pad kra Pao!

Ingredient

Minced meat (I used beef) — 90 grams

Basil leaf — A little

Chili — 1-2 small pieces

Onion — 40 grams

Oyster sauce —- 1 tablespoon

Fish sauce —- 1 teaspoon

Chopped Garlic — A little

Egg —- 1

Rice — 1 bowl

Steps

1. Prepare ingredients. Chop the onion in dices. The basil leaves are washed and use the kitchen paper to dry them.

2. Hot oil in the pot, stir fry the onion, chili, garlic dices.

3. Cook until the onion is in translucent color. Add the beef, I also add a spoonful of cooking wine.

4. Add fish sauce and oyster sauce. You can also adjust base on your preference.

5. Add the basil leaf.

6. You can turn off the fire when the basil leaf is shrunk.

7. Lastly, place everything nicely with a sunny side up egg and a bowl of rice.