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Pad Krapow Pad Krapow Neau Kai Dow Stir fried Beef with Basil Thai Basil Thai Holy Basil

Pad Kaprow or Thai Basil Beef Stir-fry

Name: Pad Kaprow or Stir fried beef with Thai Basil
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 500g Beef steak, flank or rump; Thai Basil, 1 bunch 25-50g; 3-4 Birds Eye Red Chillies; 1 Mild Red Chilli; 4-6 Garlic cloves; 4 Eggs; 2 tsp white sugar; 2 tsp brown sugar; 2 tbs light soy sauce; 2 tbs dark soy sauce; 6 tbs Oyster sauce

June 15, 2023 1 Comment

Nitsa Takhiansok

Pad Kaprow or Stir fried beef with Thai Basil

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Cuisine

Thai

Servings

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Calories

170

One of Thailand's most famous dishes, served at humble food stalls and the poshest restaurants it is a true classic. It's also not difficult to cook with the simplest of ingredients. In Thailand this is almost always served with a crispy egg and a runny yolk. If that's not your scene, then fine, go eggless! However,if you want to go for this with the egg I have covered the technique in the video!

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Ingredients

500g Beef steak, flank or rump
Thai Basil, 1 bunch 25-50g
3-4 Birds Eye Red Chillies
1 Mild Red Chilli
4-6 Garlic cloves
4 Eggs
2 tsp white sugar
2 tsp brown sugar
2 tbs light soy sauce
2 tbs dark soy sauce
6 tbs Oyster sauce

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Directions

Slice meat thinly at a 45 degree angle and set aside.
Cut the mild chilli to slices and add to a mortar with the birds eye chillies and garlic. Bash to a medium consistency as in the pictures above.
Heat a wok to a medium high temperature and add the chili and garlic mixture and stir fry for 20 seconds.
Add meat to the Wok and stir fry for around 90 seconds.
Add the dark soy sauce and stir fry for 60 seconds.
Add the white sugar and the brown sugar and continue to stir fry.
Add the oyster sauce and stir through thoroughly.
Add the Thai Basil and stir fry for a few seconds.

Recipe Note

The recipe directions above do not include the crispy fried egg as that is better demonstrated in the video and there are two different methods shown depending how crispy you want your eggs.

Provided you have the rest of the ingredients prepared it's best to cook the egg first and then set aside as it should take only a few minutes to cook the rest of the dish.

Thai Holy Basil can be next to impossible to obtain outside of Thailand so it's very common for this dish to be cooked with Thai sweet Basil. And yes, technically then it's no longer Pad Krapow but a Thai Basil stir-fry! It is possible to obtain Holy Basil online but I really wouldn't bother, this is a herb that really doesn't travel well. If you can get it fresh within a day or so of being air freighted it may be ok, but if you have to add extra delivery time for it to get to you the quality will have decreased considerably. Thai sweet basil (usually just labelled Thai Basil) is sold in supermarkets like Waitrose, Tesco or Sainsbury's and M&S. I normally find Waitrose always seems to have it in stock. It's a very acceptable substitute and it certainly is what most Thai's living overseas would use rather than trying to source Thai holy basil which will certainly have passed its best days.

Nutrition

Serving Size: 150g
per serving: Calories; 170

Amount/Serving % Daily Value

Carbs: 6 grams
Cholesterol: 65 milligrams
Fat: 4.5 grams
Protein: 25 grams
Sugar: 6 grams
Sodium: 870 milligrams

1 Response

Joanna

June 27, 2023

Left us stunned. So superior to what is served up in our local Thai restaurant, and the best thing of all is I cooked it!

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