Thai Holy Basil Beef Stir Fry
A spicy Thai dish using peppers, basil, beef, garlic, and more!
Ingredients
Prik Nam Pla
- 2 tbsp Fish Sauce
- 2 tbsp Lime Juice
- 1 clove Garlic minced
- 1 Thai Chili Pepper thinly sliced
Rice
- 2 cups Jasmine Rice
- 3 cups Water
- 2 tbsp Salted Butter
Thai Holy Basil Beef Stir Fry
- 1 lb Ground Beef 80/20
- 2 whole Thai Chili Peppers
- 3 whole Mild chili peppers (serrano or more mild)
- 8 cloves Garlic
- 1/4 whole Diced Onion
- 8-10 whole String Beans Cut into 1/4" pieces
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- 2 tbsp Fish Sauce
- 3/4 cup Beef Broth or 3/4c water with 1tsp beef base
- 20 whole Basil Leaves
Eggs
- 4 whole Sunny Side Up Fried Eggs
Instructions
Prik Nam Pla
- Combine all ingredients and allow to marinate for at least one hour.
Jasmine Rice
- Combine rice and water in a pot and bring the pot to a boil over high heat. Once boiling lower the heat to low and cover with a lid. Continue to cook for fifteen minutes.
- After fifteen minutes, turn off the heat and remove the pot from the heat but leave covered for an additional five minutes.
- After five minutes, remove the lid and fluff and fold butter through the rice.
Thai Holy Basil Beef Stir Fry
- With a mortar and pestle grind the peppers and garlic together or chop until they are minced.
- Heat a cast iron pan or wok over high until it is smoking hot.
- Add a bit of oil to the pan then add the peppers, garlic, onions, and green beans to the pan and sauté for a few minutes.
- Remove the pan ingredients into a bowl and cover to steam.
- Bring the cast iron pan back up to smoking then add a touch more oil and the ground beef. Sear the beef until you have a crispy and brown crust, while continuously breaking the meat up into small pieces until minced.
- Lower heat to medium and add fish sauce, black pepper, and beef stock. Simmer for a few minutes and then remove from the heat.
- After about 5 minutes add the basil to the pan and fold it through, allowing the basil to wilt.
Fried Eggs
- Heat a cast iron skillet over high heat until it very hot.
- Add oil to the pan and crack four eggs into the pan.
- Cook the eggs until they have a crispy egg white and runny yolk then remove from the heat.
Plating
- Add rice to the dish then spoon the stir fry ingredients alongside it. Agg an egg over top then drizzle over a bit of the Prik Nam Pla.
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