Minced Meat with Basil (Pad Kra Pao Gai)
Minced Meat with Basil (Pad Kra Pao Gai)

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, minced meat with basil (pad kra pao gai). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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. You know sometimes when you go to a restaurant and you have no idea what to order, or even what you want to. Reviews for: Photos of Spicy Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow Gai). To get a better caramelization without overcooking/drying the meat I use the Chinese meat "velveting" technique, and cook the meat separately from the veggies, or rice when doing a fried rice.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook minced meat with basil (pad kra pao gai) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Minced Meat with Basil (Pad Kra Pao Gai):
  1. Get 1 bowl Minced Pork Meat
  2. Make ready 1 bunch Basil leaves
  3. Get 4 Red Chillies (sliced)
  4. Prepare 5 clove Garlic (minced)
  5. Prepare 2 shallots (thinly sliced)
  6. Prepare 1 handful french beans
  7. Make ready 1 tbsp dark soya sauce
  8. Get 2 tbsp fish Sauce (GF)
  9. Prepare 0.5 tbsp sugar
  10. Take ———-

While there are countless reasons to love this dish, perhaps the most compelling is its incredibly good effort to taste ratio. Pad Kra Pao means stir-fry basil, thus making it the main ingredient in this classic dish from Thailand. I used minced chicken in this recipe but feel free to use other types of meat to make either Pad Kra Pao Nua (Thai basil beef) or Pad Kra Pao Moo (Thai basil pork). The original Pad Krapow Gai does not have any french beans in it.

Instructions to make Minced Meat with Basil (Pad Kra Pao Gai):
  1. In a wok, add garlic, shallots and chilies in and cook for about 20 seconds.(no need to use any oil).
  2. Add meat in and cook until they turn browny.
  3. Add dark soya sauce and fish sauce. Stir fry for another 30 seconds. Add french beans in.
  4. Add sugar in.
  5. Once cooked, turn off the heat, and add basil leaves in.
  6. Done. Serve with rice and a fried egg on it.

I used minced chicken in this recipe but feel free to use other types of meat to make either Pad Kra Pao Nua (Thai basil beef) or Pad Kra Pao Moo (Thai basil pork). The original Pad Krapow Gai does not have any french beans in it. I hate to admit this but I may have germanized this dish without realizing it. I enjoyed cooking this so much and I hope it gives you much pleasure trying it out. Alternatively, sweet basil can be used as a substitute.

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