Basil Beef Fried Rice

flowers22's Note:

This recipe is from a local Thai cooking class I took. The instructor tried to adapt the traditional recipe to use locally-available ingredients. This is delicious - different than any other fried rice we've had before. The Thai basil (I found it in an Asian grocery store in the city) really makes a difference.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• 1/2 lb beef, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup basil leaves
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 Thai red chili peppers, green or 2 red chilies
• 2 cups cooked jasmine rice
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 medium cucumber, sliced

Directions:

1. In a mortar, pound garlic and chili, set aside. You can use a food processor or other chopper if you don't have a mortar.
2. Heat oil in pan to medium heat and stir in garlic/chili mix until aromatic.
3. Add beef and stir until no pink shows.
4. Add rice, fish sauce, and sugar - stir and let cook 3-5 minutes.
5. Stir in basil leaves (Thai basil is best).
6. Serve with sliced cucumber.

Reviews

[JennyMidget]

Would have been vastly improved by the inclusion of a few vegetables - there was very little texture to this. We found that the fish sauce overpowered pretty much all the other flavours too.