Ga Pao (Thai Stir-Fried Beef With Basil Leaves)
photo by rpgaymer
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 250 g ground beef
- 3 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 medium red onion (thinly sliced)
- 1 red paprika (thinly sliced)
- 1 yellow pepper (thinly sliced)
- 1 green pepper (thinly sliced)
- 12 basil leaves
- 2 eggs
- black pepper, to sprinkle
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 150 g rice (steamed)
-
sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 red chili peppers (minced)
directions
- In a frying pan, heat vegetable oil, over a medium heat. Add minced garlic until slightly colored and aroma is released.
- Add ground beef and fry until brown. When ground beef is almost cooked through, add veggies.
- Stir fry quickly so that veggies remain crunchiness.
- Combine 4 ingredients to make sauce. Add sauce to frying pan and mix well.
- Make space in the pan for frying egg. Fry until egg white gets crispy on the edge.
- FInally, add basil leaves, mix well.
- Serve stir-fry on steamed rice. Top with egg and sprinkle with black pepper.
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Reviews
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This was interesting. I've had this dish at Thai restaurants, but it tasted a bit different. The sauce seemed a bit thin in this version, and there were SO MANY bell peppers. The addition of a fried egg sounded nice, but I hadn't realized I was out of eggs until the last minute so I couldn't add them. Maybe a runny, gooey yolk would have brought all the flavors together for me.