Thai food is easily one of my favourite cuisines. In particular, I love how the dishes are full of flavours - sour, sweet, salty - yet they meld perfectly and neither flavour is overshadowed. Thai food to me is absolute comfort food.
Minced pork with Thai sweet basil is my go-to dish if I'm in the mood for some Thai food at home. It's super easy to cook (takes less than half an hour) and real delicious! The traditional way to eat this is to have it along a fried egg and white rice. Simplicity at its finest!
A beautiful mess
Minced Pork with Thai Sweet Basil (Pad Krapow Moo)
Serves: 3 Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients3-4 tbsp oil
2 shallots, minced
2 chilli padi, chopped (deseed if you can't take the heat)
2 cloves of garlic, minced
250 g minced pork
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 tsp brown/palm sugar
handful of thai sweet basil leaves (leaves only; about 1/2 cup)
Directions
- Heat up oil in wok. Saute shallots, chilli padi and garlic and till fragrant.
- Add in minced pork. Be sure to break them up. Stir-fry for about 3 mins.
- Add in oyster sauce, fish sauce and sugar. Mix evenly. Stir-fry for another min or so.
- Lastly, add in the thai sweet basil leaves and stir-fry for about 20 seconds.
