Thai Minced Pork with Basil
Pad Kra Pao – Classic Thai dish.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 250kcal
Ingredients
Ingredients for the Sauce
- 4 Tablespoons Oyster sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Fish sauce (it doesn’t taste fishy, it just enhances the flavor)
- 1 Tablespoon Soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
All Other Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon Oil (I opt for sesame oil for more flavor)
- 4 Garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 1 Chili, chopped (remove the seeds if you prefer a more mild spiciness)
- 500 g Minced Pork
- 1 cup Fresh Basil
- ⅓ cup Green onions, chopped
- 4 Fried eggs (normally 1 per person, but you can do 2 if you prefer)
Instructions
- Add the oil, garlic and chili to a pan on high heat. Cook it for around 1 minute. Add the pork, spread around the pan and don’t mix it. Let it cook on one side without constantly mixing it. It will give a nice “crispy” texture to your minced pork. Once it is almost cooked, you can then mix it.
- Add all the ingredients for the sauce to a bowl, mix it well. Add it to the pan. Mix it all together for around 2 minutes.
- Add the basil and green onions. Mix it for another minute. The minced pork is ready.
- Now for the eggs. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to a pan on high heat. Let the oil get hot before placing the egg. Once the oil is hot, add one egg. You can close the pan with a lid to let the egg cook faster.
- Prepare your final plate with rice, minced pork and the egg served on top.
