Pork Pad Kra Pao
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon thai chili paste
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 lb pork, coarsely ground
- 1 1⁄2 cups thai hot basil leaves, rinsed and drained
- 1⁄2 onion, coarsely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce
- 3 Thai red chili peppers, seeded and cut into 1 inch pieces
directions
- To a hot wok add the chili paste and hear until the chili paste is fragrant and tiny beads of oil appear on it. Add the oil.
- Put the ground pork into the wok and cook, mixing the chili paste into the meat as well as possible, breaking up the meat and stirring frequently.
- When the pork is about half done add the onions, chilies and garlic. Cook until onions are translucent and pork is fully cooked. Add the fish sauce.
- Add the kra pao leaves and continue heating and stirring until the leaves are wilted.
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