Thai Basil Pork

KitchenManiac's Note:

This is YUMMY!!! I have subbed the pork for chicken before with great success...fast to prepare, smells so good...taste even better! Best served with rice.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 1 -1 ¼ lb ground pork or 1 -1 ¼ lb ground chicken
• 1 -1 ½ cup basil leaves
• 5 -6 garlic cloves (peeled)
• 3 -5 whole fresh red chilies (seeded)
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 3 teaspoons brown sugar

Directions:

1. In a mortar pound garlic and chilies with a little salt into paste.
2. Heat 2-3 tbsps canola oil in frying pan and brown the paste.
3. Add in the pork, making sure you break it up.
4. When meat is cooked (very fast; don't overcook), add in oyster sauce, fish sauce and sugar.
5. Stir in basil leaves. Add more fish sauce and sugar if needed.

Reviews

[Bluebirddiva]

Very nice. I used 3 garlic cloves instead of 5-6 and used 3 small chillies to make the dish milder for the little ones. The dish had plenty of flavour and was just spicy enough with the 3 small chillies. If I was cooking just for adults I would probably add another chilli. We served it in lettuce cups. I will definitely cook this again - probably next week if my family has a say in it!