Thai Basil Chicken / Pork. 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. You can make with pork, chicken, beef, shrimp with this recipe.
I used Thai sweet basil, but you can use Thai holy basil or regular sweet basil.
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You can have Thai Basil Chicken / Pork using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Thai Basil Chicken / Pork
- Prepare of Chicken.
- Prepare of Pork (less soysauce & oystersauce).
- It's Leaves of Thai Basil.
- Prepare of Ingredient A : finely minced.
- You need 2-3 of Chilli 🌶.
- Prepare 6-7 of Garlic 🧄.
- Prepare of Ingredient B : mix.
- You need 1/2 tbsp of soysauce.
- It's 1/2 tbsp of oystersauce.
- It's 1 tbsp of fish sauce.
- You need 1 tsp of sugar.
- You need 2 tbsp of water.
Reviews: Most Helpful. cooking method that creates that wonderful caramelization without overcooking lean meats like white meat chicken and most cuts of pork. This simple Thai Basil Chicken, known as Pad Grapow, is insanely quick and inexpensive to make. It's light, yet flavorful with lots of heat and tons of basil. In Thailand this is often made with ground pork or sliced lean pork - either are a good substitute to try for the chicken.
Thai Basil Chicken / Pork step by step
- Stir fry A, add in meat once garlic is coloured.
- When meat is fully cooked, add B into the middle. Let it simmer for awhile before mixing.
- Add in basil leave, serve when basil leave is cooked..
It's classic Thai at its tastiest. Usually, this dish is made with ground pork, but nearly any type of pork or chicken can be used. There are two keys to this dish: first, make sure you use enough basil, and second, get yourself this secret Thai ingredient: Golden Mountain Sauce (see more on this sauce. Thai basil minced pork is one of my favorite Thai recipes. It's such a simple dish but still full of flavor.