Pad kra pao: ground pork with basil over rice with an oil-basted fried egg
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Ingredients
Method
Techniques
- fish sauce
- light soy
- oyster sauce
- dark soy
Mix fish sauce, light soy, a little oyster sauce, dark soy and sugar in a bowl.
Mixing the sauce
- sugar
- shallots
- garlic
- 3 whole Thai chilies
Finely dice the shallots, chop the garlic and chop the Thai chilies wearing gloves.
- oil
Cook the shallots and garlic in a little oil for a minute or so, then add the chilies for another minute.
Cooking the aromatics and pork
- 1 lb ground pork
Add the ground pork and cook until the colour is gone and there is no liquid left.
- basil
Add a handful of basil and mix until it wilts, no more than about 30 seconds; take off the heat.
Sauce, broth and basil
- 1 whole egg
- oil
Fry an egg in oil in a hot pan, basting the white with the oil so it cooks while the yolk stays perfect.
- plain white rice
Build: plain white rice in the bowl, the pork, then the egg.
Building the bowl and tasting