Recipe: Perfect 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 I was excited to develop this recipe at home because it's made with ground beef, which I usually have on hand, making it practical and inexpensive for a weeknight dinner at our house. Heat wok with oil, add garlic and chiles. Add remaining sauce: oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar, and white pepper. You can have Thai Basil Beef using 25 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Thai Basil Beef

  1. It's of Lemongrass Rice:.
  2. It's of Jasmine rice.
  3. Prepare of Coconut milk.
  4. You need of Water.
  5. Prepare of Sesame oil.
  6. Prepare of Fresh lemongrass.
  7. It's of Thai Basil Beef:.
  8. Prepare of large carrots, cut into matchsticks.
  9. You need of baby bell peppers, sliced.
  10. You need of red Chili, sliced.
  11. It's of spring onions, chopped.
  12. It's of fish sauce.
  13. You need of Honey.
  14. It's of Sesame oil.
  15. It's of lime, juiced.
  16. Prepare of lime, sliced.
  17. It's of garlic, minced or grated.
  18. Prepare of Fresh ginger, grated.
  19. You need of Lean ground beef.
  20. It's of & 2 Tbsp. Soy sauce, divided.
  21. It's of Sweet Thai Chili sauce.
  22. It's of Fresh basil.
  23. You need of Toasted Sesame seeds for serving.
  24. It's of Chopped roasted peanuts for serving.
  25. It's of Butter leaf lettuce.

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. It has MANY names including: Pad Kra Pao, Pad Ka Prao, Pad Ka Pow, Pad Krapow, and Pad gaprao. Transfer to a bowl; set aside. Break up the meat into gravel-size pieces and drain any excess liquid.

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!.

Stir in the bell pepper and stir-fry for about a minute. Add the reserved sauce to the wok and combine the ingredients. Stir in chicken stock, oyster sauce, fish sauce, and sugar. 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.