# Pad Kra Pao

- Servings: 2 servings
- Cuisine: Thai
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 320 g ground beef
- 1 handful holy basil
- 4 whole thai chilli
- 2 whole red chilli
- 3 clove garlic
- 200 g jasmin rice
- 50 g fish sauce
- 1 whole lime
- 20 g palm sugar
- 100 ml chicken stock
- 2 whole egg
- to taste neutral oil
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper

## Instructions

1. Julienne one red chilli and slice thin rounds off one or two Thai chillis. Roughly chop the remaining chillies.
2. Make the chilli garlic paste by grinding the roughly chopped chillies with 2 cloves of garlic and a little salt in a pestle and mortar.
3. Pick basil leaves from stems and mince the remaining clove of garlic.
4. Make optional Prik Nam Pla by mixing thinly sliced chilli rounds, minced garlic, 25g of fish sauce, juice of one lime, and sweeten with sugar to taste. Let rest.
5. Cook rice by adding rice and 250ml water to a pan, bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 8 minutes or until water is absorbed.
6. Heat oil in a wok or large fry pan on high heat. Add beef and brown for a couple of minutes.
7. Add the chilli garlic paste and cook for one minute, then add the julienned chilli.
8. Add chicken stock, fish sauce, and sugar. Cook and reduce for one minute until desired consistency is reached.
9. Add basil and finish for 30 seconds, then set aside.
10. Fry eggs in a decent amount of neutral oil at relatively high heat until edges are crispy.

## Equipment

- pestle and mortar
- wok
- large fry pan
- pan

## Tips

- Use Thai basil if holy basil is unavailable.
- Use white sugar if palm sugar is unavailable.
- Adjust Thai chillies count based on spice tolerance.
- Do not wash the rice if you want a stickier finish.
- Add stock slowly to avoid the dish becoming soupy.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDuNdQmX/
- Creator: runandeatwithjack
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a5aa58d0-12cb-46e4-ab9e-5517f2416043
- Extracted: 2026-08-22

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