Recipe: Appetizing Easy Pad Gra Prao (Stir Fried Rice with Ground Meat and Basil)

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Easy Pad Gra Prao (Stir Fried Rice with Ground Meat and Basil). It has MANY names including: Pad Kra Pao, Pad Ka Prao, Pad Ka Pow, Pad Krapow, and Pad gaprao. Pad means "stir fried" and Krapow (kra pao, ka prao, ka pow) means "holy basil." Thai bail beef is known as Pad Gra Prow and is made with Thai sweet basil…I know, it starts getting confusing. Let's Talk Basil: This pad kra pao (pork & holy basil-stir-fry) features a key ingredient: holy basil!

What's pad ga prao and why it's so great!

Pad ga prao, or Thai basil pork stir fry is apparently a really common day-to-day dish in Thailand - usually eaten with rice, and often topped with a fried egg, which is the way I've made it.

Well, to be precise there was an egg for me, and no egg for Mr.

You can have Easy Pad Gra Prao (Stir Fried Rice with Ground Meat and Basil) using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Easy Pad Gra Prao (Stir Fried Rice with Ground Meat and Basil)

1. It’s of Ground chicken.

2. Prepare of Ground pork.

3. You need of Sweet basil leaves (or dried basil).

4. Prepare of Green bell peppers.

5. Prepare of big ones Dried red chili peppers (or Ichimi spice).

6. Prepare of cm Tubed garlic.

7. It’s of ☆ Fish sauce.

8. Prepare of ☆ Oyster sauce.

9. You need of ☆ Soy sauce.

10. Prepare of ☆ Sugar.

11. Prepare of ☆ Sake.

Scrummy, who hates eggs on top of anything!

Add your minced meat of choice (or tofu if you're a vegetarian).

Break the meat into smaller bits using a spatula.

Stir-fry until the meat changes color.

Easy Pad Gra Prao (Stir Fried Rice with Ground Meat and Basil) instructions

1. Combine the ☆ ingredients beforehand..

2. Remove the seeds from the bell peppers and red chili peppers. Cut into small pieces. Roughly chop the basil..

3. Heat a frying pan and add the oil, garlic paste and red chili peppers (as the garlic is already grated, itll become fragrant immediately)..

4. Saute the ground chicken and pork well..

5. Saute the bell peppers next..

6. Pour in the combined ☆ ingredients and mix..

7. Stir in the basil and mix well. Turn off the heat..

8. Transfer over a pile of rice and top with a sunny side up..

Top with a fried egg, if desired.

Add rice, sugar, fish sauce, and soy sauce, and stir-fry, mixing gently.

This is crucial because it holds less water and its texture is most similar to ground meat for stir fries.

Soft tofu will be too watery and it's a completely different texture, almost pudding like.

When the oil is hot and sizzling, drop in the egg.