Chilli & Thai Basil Pork
This chilli & Thai basil pork recipe is packed full of endorphin inducing chilli and garlic and takes just minutes to prepare and cook!
Servings 1 portion
Ingredients
- 2-3 Thai / birdseye chillies
- 1 small shallot
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon thin soy sauce
- Dash dark soy sauce
- Dash fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 100g pork mince
- 1 small handful green beans, sliced
- 75 ml light chicken stock or water
- 1 handful Thai basil
Instructions
- In a pestle and mortar, pound the hot chillies, shallot and garlic to form a paste.
- In a bowl, add oyster sauce, thin soy sauce, dark soy sauce, fish sauce & sugar. Mix well and set aside.
- Heat a wok or frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the vegetable oil and the pork mince and stir-fry for 1 minute until the pork begins to brown. Add the prepared paste and the green beans and stir-fry for another 30-40 seconds. Add the prepared sauce and stock or water, mix well and simmer for 1 minute or until the sauce reduces slightly. Switch off the heat, add the fresh basil leaves and mix well once more.
- Arrange jasmine rice on a serving plate. Pour the sizzling chilli & Thai basil pork around the rice. Top with a crispy fried egg and serve.