Pad Kraprao Nuer

Stir-fried beef with fresh chillies and sweet Thai basil

This is my favourite dish and also the most favorite quick dish for Thais. A classic dish known as extremely spicy stir-fried fillet or ground beef with long yard beans (you can use fine beans), fresh chillies, garlic and fresh Thai sweet basil.


Ingredients:

12 ounce	tenderloin , sliced
6 cloves	Garlic, peeled
6-8 each	Thai red and green chili peppers
½ teaspoon	Salt
4 tablespoon	Vegetable oil
½ cup	Onion, diced small
1 tablespoon	Fish sauce
1 tablespoon	Oyster sauce
½ teaspoon	Sugar
1 cup	Thai holy basil, picked

Preparation:
1.  Pound the garlic, Thai chili peppers and salt together.
2.  Heat vegetable oil in the wok until very hot.
        - Add the pounded garlic and Thai chili peppers and stir-fry until fragrant (around 15-20 seconds).
        - Add the chopped onion and stir.
3. Add sliced beef, quickly stir-fry for about 1 minute until it is half cooked.
        - Seasoned with fish sauce, oyster sauce and a bit of sugar stir to mix and cook.
        - Turn off heat, seafood should not be over cooked or it would become too rubbery.
4.  Before plating the dish toss in the basil leaves until it wilt (10 seconds).

Transfer to a serving dish, serve with Thai fragrant rice, normally together with Thai fried egg.