Korean•quick

Thai Basil Pork

Seonkyoung Longest recipe - Korean

Ingredients

Quantities are shown as originally provided.

8 oz. Ground or minced pork, chicken, beef, or tofu (mushroom would be good too)
4 Cloves garlic
5 Thai chili (add less if you like mild)
2 Cups Thai sweet or holy basil (Approximately 2 to 3 oz.)
2 Tbs. Thai fish sauce
1 Tbs. Thai dark sweet soy sauce
2 tsp. Sugar
Cooking oil
1 Egg
Lime wedges

1
Roughly chop garlic and chili, set aside. Take basil leaves from stem and set aside.
2
In a small mixing bowl, add all ingredients for the sauce and whisk until sugar has dissolved; set aside.
3
Heat a wok over high heat, add 2 Tbs. cooking oil. Add garlic and chili; stir fry until fragrance about1 minute. Make sure not to burn garlic.
4
Add pork, and stir fry for 1 to 2 minutes or until pork is 3/4 way cooked.
5
Pour sauce into wok and stir fry until pork absorbed about 30 second to 1 minute.
6
Stir in basil and remove from heat.
7
Fry egg with enough oil, almost like deep frying. Pour oil over egg with an wooden spoon so you don’t have to flip over egg.
8
Place Thai basil on a serving place and place fried egg right on top.
9
Serve with lime wedges and warm cooked Jasmine rice. Enjoy! [/url]