# Pad Kra Pao

Pad Kra Pao is a flavorful Thai dish featuring ground meat stir-fried with basil, chilies, and garlic, typically served with rice and a fried egg.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 0.5 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1.5 tbsp palm sugar
- 6 garlic cloves
- 5 -7 red Thai chillies
- 0.75 cup long beans
- 0.25 cup neutral oil
- 2 -3 eggs
- 1 lbs ground pork/chicken/beef
- 2 cups holy basil or Thai Basil
- Hot jasmine rice
- Oyster sauce

## Instructions

1. Combine light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and palm sugar to make the sauce.
2. Grind red Thai chilies and garlic into a paste using a mortar and pestle.
3. Cut long beans into small pieces.
4. Heat oil in a wok and fry an egg until the edges are crispy and the yolk is perfectly runny.
5. Remove the fried egg from the wok.
6. Drain most of the oil from the wok.
7. Sauté the chili garlic paste in the wok until fragrant.
8. Add ground pork to the wok and cook until the water has evaporated and the fat starts to render.
9. Add the long beans and the prepared sauce to the pork mixture and sauté for a few minutes.
10. Add a handful of holy basil (or Thai basil) to the wok.
11. Stir the basil into the mixture for about a minute or until the leaves are wilted.
12. Serve the Pad Kra Pao with white rice and the fried egg on top.

## Equipment

- wok
- mortar and pestle
- plate

## Tips

- Use holy basil if available for authentic flavor; otherwise, Thai basil is a good substitute.
- Ensure the egg yolk is perfectly runny for the best experience.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdVunaET/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b80664e0-5b34-4f8e-acf9-cc0c5c3ce68f
- Extracted: 2025-09-01

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