Spicy Thai Basil Prawns (Pad Krapow Guung)
Spicy Thai Basil Prawns (Pad Krapow Guung). Great recipe for Spicy Thai Basil Prawns (Pad Krapow Guung). After cooking live on IG with my Masterchef brother Nawamin. Here is My version of this delicious classic Thai dish. Cook your jasmine rice using whatever machine you prefer (I use and recommend a rice cooker). Make sure the rice is cooked before you proceed with the rest of the recipe. Make Spicy Thai Basil Prawns (Pad Krapow Guung) using 15 ingredients and 5 steps quickly.
Ingredients
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165 g of fresh king prawns
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1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
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1 tablespoon of soy sauce
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2 teaspoons of fish sauce
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1 teaspoon of brown sugar
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2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
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2-3 clove of garlic (peeled and finely chopped)
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1 handful of green bean (chopped)
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3-4 of Thai bird eyes chilli (finely sliced)
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1 of couple handful of holy basil or Thai basil
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of Ground white pepper
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of Cucumber to serve with the dish
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2 cups of cooked jasmine rice
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2 of duck eggs (can use chicken eggs) but duck egg will give a lovely orange yolk
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of (You can deep fry basil for garnish too)
Steps
- Heat large wok over high heat. Drizzle in oil. Add garlic, chilli and stir fry until garlic start turn to golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Add prawns in and continue cooking on high heat until some of the juices start to caramelize in the bottom of the pan. Add green beans then add soy sauce, oyster sauce and fish sauce cook and stir until sauce begins to caramelize, about 1 minute. Add sugar and stir well.
- Stir in basil. Cook and stir until basil is wilted, about 20 seconds and add some ground pepper in. You can ad a little bit of water if the sauce become a little bit dry. Turn the heat off.
- On a small highheat pan, add 1 tbsp vegetable cooking oil, add egg one at the time. Leave it until corner of white egg become crispy but yolk still runny. Take it out and cook another one.
- Fried a handful of basil in hot oil for 5-6 min
- Serve with rice and cucumber ?
WHAT IS THAI HOLY BASIL CHICKEN? It's basically a ground (or sliced) chicken dish that is stir-fried with garlic, chilies, onion (or shallots) in a lovely umami packed salty and sweet sauce, and tossed with some Thai holy basil ('kra pow' or 'krapow' in Thai, and also known as spicy basil). My recipe for this classic Thai dish was inspired by two cooking classes I took while in. Tips for Vegetarian Thai Basil Tofu Stir Fry (Tofu Pad Krapow) Start with extra firm tofu. This is crucial because it holds less water and its texture is most similar to ground meat for stir fries.
