Pad Krapow Gai
One of the most popular dishes for Thai people. It really is their go-to meal choice when they just don't know what they want! It's very spicy and best eaten with some plain jasmine rice and crispy fried egg. You can reduce the amount of chillies though if you want.
Servings: 2 person
Equipment
- 1 wok
- 1 Pestle and Mortar
Ingredients
- 4 cloves garlic
- 10 birds eye chillies Reduce if you don't like it spicy
- 1 red chilli
- 100 g Thai holy basil Use normal basil if you can't find Thai holy basil
- 300 g chicken breast
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp seasong sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
Instructions
- Pull the leaves from the basil plant
- Thinly slice the single red chilly
- Mince the chicken, either with a machine or with a knife
- Pound the garlic and birds eye chillies together using the pestle and mortar
- Heat the wok and add a small amount of cooking oil
- Add the chilli and garlic and stir-fry for a few seconds
- Add the chicken and stir-fry until it begins to change colour
- Add seasoning sauce
- Add dark soy sauce
- Add sugar
- Continue to stir-fry for another couple of minutes
- Add the red chilli
- Add the basil leaves
- Continue to stir-fry until the basil leaves have become soft