Recipe: Tasty Thai Basil Beef

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Thai Basil Beef. Thai Basil Beef is a super easy one-skillet meal loaded with tender, juicy beef and absolutely bursting with flavor! This easy dinner recipe is perfect for a healthy weeknight meal the whole family will love. Thai Basil Beef (Pad Gra Prow) Thai Basil Beef, or Pad Gra Prow, is an easy, delicious dish of stir-fried beef and thai basil.

Thai Basil Beef Add beef, season with salt and pepper, and cook, breaking up with a. Stir in chicken stock, oyster sauce, fish sauce, and sugar. The king of street food in Thailand is called Phat kaphroa, and it's made with your choice of meet (pork, chicken, beef, or seafood), stir fried with Thai holy basil and garlic, and served with rice and a fried egg. You can have Thai Basil Beef using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Thai Basil Beef

  1. You need of Jasmine Lemongrass Rice:.
  2. You need 1 C. of Jasmine rice.
  3. Prepare 1 C. of Coconut milk.
  4. It's 1 C. of Water.
  5. It's 1 Tbsp of Sesame oil.
  6. Prepare 1/4 C. of Fresh lemongrass.
  7. Prepare of Thai Basil Beef:.
  8. Prepare 2 of Carrots, cut into matchsticks.
  9. It's 4 of Baby bell peppers, sliced.
  10. It's 2 of Green onions, chopped.
  11. You need 1 Tbsp. of Fish sauce.
  12. It's 2 Tbsp. of Sesame oil.
  13. It's 1/2 tsp. of Honey.
  14. It's 1 of Lime, juiced.
  15. It's 1 of Lime, wedged.
  16. You need 4 of Garlic cloves, minced.
  17. It's 2 tsp. of Fresh ginger, grated.
  18. You need 1 lb. of Ground hamburger.
  19. Prepare 1/3 C. of & 2 Tbsp. soy sauce, divided.
  20. It's 1/3 C. of Sweet thai chili sauce.
  21. You need 2 C. of Fresh basil, chopped.
  22. Prepare of Toasted Sesame seeds for serving.
  23. It's of Chopped roasted peanuts for serving.
  24. You need of Butter leaf lettuce for serving.

It has MANY names including: Pad Kra Pao, Pad Ka Prao, Pad Ka Pow, Pad Krapow, and Pad gaprao. Heat wok with oil, add garlic and chiles. Add remaining sauce: oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar, and white pepper. Transfer to a bowl; set aside.

Thai Basil Beef step by step

  1. To make the rice add coconut milk and water to medium size pot. Bring to a low boil and then add the rice, Sesame oil, and lemongrass. Stir to combine and then place lid on the pot and turn down the heat to low. After w0 minutes take the rice off the heat and then let sit, covered for 15-20 minutes. Do not open lid during this time..
  2. After 15-20 minutes remove lid and fluff with a fork and stir in chopped peanuts if desired..
  3. While the rice is cooking make the beef mixture. Add the carrots, peppers, hot red pepper, green onions, fish sauce, honey, lime juice and 2 Tbsp Soy sauce to a medium bowl. Combine and set aside..
  4. Heat a large heavy bottomed skillet or wok. Add the oil and once hot add the garlic and ginger. Cook 15-30 seconds and then add the beef..
  5. Add pepper and cook until browned. And 1/3 C. Soy sauce, 1/3 C. Sweet Thai Chili Sauce, and 1 C. fresh Basil..
  6. Bring to a simmer and cook 3-5 min. Remove from heat and stir in remaining 1C. fresh Basil..
  7. Place butter leaves on plates and top with rice and then beef. Add thepepper and carrots mixture. Garnish with chopped peanuts, fresh Basil and Sesame seeds if desired. Enjoy!.
  8. Place butter leaves on plates and top with rice and then beef. Add the pepper and carrots mixture. Garnish with chopped peanuts, fresh Basil and Sesame seeds if desired. Enjoy!.

Add the Thai basil and cook until the beef is thoroughly cooked and onions are slightly tender. Transfer to a platter and top with the reserved fried eggs.. Basil—using Thai holy basil (if you're lucky enough to find it) makes this spicy beef stir-fry worthy of the name "phat ka-phrao" which means "holy basil stir-fry". If you can't find Thai holy basil (it can be hard to track down) just use sweet basil. PACKED full of flavor, filling, and oh-so comforting.