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Pad Kra Pao

Name: Pad Kra Pao
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 16 oz Ground pork, one package; 6 cloves Garlic, roughly pounded or minced; 15 g Serrano peppers, thinly sliced; 1 tbsp Oyster sauce; 1 tbsp Soy sauce (all-purpose); 2 tsp Fish sauce; 1 tsp Granulated sugar; ½ oz Thai basil, one package, leaves picked; ¼ cup Vegetable oil, for frying the eggs and the stir-fry; 2 Eggs (large), fried; 1 cup Jasmine rice, uncooked

25 minServes 2$48.23

Ground pork is stir-fried hard with garlic and chile, seasoned with oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, and sugar, and finished with a big handful of basil, then served over jasmine rice with a crisp-edged fried egg. Thai basil stands in for holy basil (it is sweeter and more anise-like) and serrano for Thai bird's eye chiles.

Ingredients

16 ozGround porkone packageBuy 1 package
6 clovesGarlicroughly pounded or mincedBuy 1 head
15 gSerrano peppersthinly slicedBuy 0.04 lb
1 tbspOyster sauceBuy 1 bottle
1 tbspSoy sauce (all-purpose)Buy 1 bottle
2 tspFish sauceBuy 1 bottle
1 tspGranulated sugarBuy 1 bag
½ ozThai basilone package, leaves pickedBuy 1 package
¼ cupVegetable oilfor frying the eggs and the stir-fryBuy 1 bottle
2Eggs (large)friedBuy 1 carton
1 cupJasmine riceuncookedBuy 1 bag

Substitutions

Serrano peppers in place of “Thai bird's eye chiles, 4”. Serrano peppers, stated by weight, replace Thai bird's eye chiles, which are unpriced at the reference store; they give similar fresh heat, a little milder.
Thai basil in place of “Holy basil (bai kaphrao)”. Thai basil replaces holy basil, which is not a canonical ingredient; Thai basil is sweeter and more anise-like than the peppery holy basil.

Method

Cook the jasmine rice according to its package directions.
Fry the eggs in 3 tbsp hot oil, spooning oil over the whites until the edges are crisp; set aside.
In the remaining oil, stir-fry the garlic and chiles over high heat for 20 seconds.
Add the pork and stir-fry, breaking it up, until browned and slightly crisp, about 5 minutes.
Add the oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, and sugar and toss for 1 minute, then stir in the basil until just wilted.
Serve over rice topped with a fried egg.