Spicy Thai Basil Stir-fry (Pad Kapow)
Spicy Thai Basil Stir-fry (Pad Kapow). Heat large skillet over high heat. Stir in shallots, garlic, and sliced chilies. Great recipe for Spicy Thai Basil Stir-fry (Pad Kapow). If you don't have palm sugar, use brown sugar. Remove the wok from the heat, put the basil leaves into the wok and stir-fry until they wilt. Cook Spicy Thai Basil Stir-fry (Pad Kapow) using 9 ingredients and 9 steps easily.
Ingredients
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of Minced Meat/ Ground Meat- About 500g should be okay, any mince is fine I like using Pork
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of Lots of Garlic- Probably a whole head if that's what it's called
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of Chillis (I always use Birds Eye chillis)- Use as many as you like. You know what you can handle
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1-2 sticks of Lemongrass- About
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of Holy or Thai Basil- A handful of the leaves
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1 tbsp of Dark Soy Sauce
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1 tbsp of Sugar
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2 tbsp of Oil
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2 tbsp of Light Soy Sauce-
Steps
- Start by peeling the head garlic. It's an annoying job and what I usually just do is crush it then the skin comes straight off, it doesn't really matter that we're crushing it because we're going to chop it anyway.
- Cut the stem off the chillis and roughing chop them up but not too finely.
- Cut the lemongrass in half and roughly chop that too.
- Combine the lemongrass, chilli and garlic and start mincing them all together until they're all roughly the same size pieces, put it into a bowl and it's time to cook!
- On medium heat pour your oil and add the mixture we minced earlier, don't fry too much just gently heat up until fragrant.
- Before everything starts crisping up and browning add the meat, turn the heat up to mid/high and begin stir-frying until the minced pork has cooked.
- Now it's time to add everything else, pour the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, a spoon of sugar and keep stir-frying.
- Now depending on what kind of basil you bought this can go either way. If you bought the frozen basil put the cubes in and keep stir-frying until they've defrosted and you can smell the basil-y aroma. If you have fresh basil which I recommend getting then turn off the heat and add your basil leaves no stems they're way too firm and give it a little toss and you're done.
- Serve with rice and a fried egg and you're done!
Whenever I Thai Comfort Food: Pad Krapow, a Spicy Stir-Fry With Holy Basil. When it's time for comfort food, many Thai sit down to a dish of pad krapow. or pad krapow or kapow (how many . 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. Soft tofu will be too watery and it's a completely different texture, almost pudding like.
