This is my take on the Thai dish; Pad Kra Pao. I haven’t called it that because it is far from authentic but I have been making it for some time and its super tasty. It’s also super simple to make and a perfect weeknight meal for the family.
Serve this Thai basil chicken with a fried egg and jasmine rice or I have also served it with iceberg lettuce cups, so you can wrap it up and use your hands to eat it. The kids may like it served this way…
Thai Basil Chicken with fried egg
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 5 green onions (the long green variety)
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped ginger
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 500 g chicken mince (I bought chicken thigh fillets and made my own mince)
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons dark soy
- 1 1/2 tablespoon sweet soy (ketchup manis)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 100 grams green bean (or a nice big handful); chopped into 1cm pieces
- 1 cup basil; roughly chopped
- Rice and chilli flakes (optional) to serve
Instructions
- Add green onion, garlic, ginger, and salt to a food processor and process to achieve a paste. Add oil to a frying pan or wok and add the paste. Cook for a few minutes and then add the chicken. Cook until golden. Add fish sauce, dark soy, sweet soy and sugar and cook until the liquid has mostly been absorbed, add the green beans and remove from the heat once they are bright green and the chicken is cooked through. Add basil and stir through.
- While the above is happening; cook your four eggs in a frying pan to your liking.
- Add rice to 4 bowls, top with the chicken a fried egg and chilli flakes if using
Notes
Serves 4 as a main
Green onion; also called scallion and in Australia, just shallots to add to the confusion :)
Green onion; also called scallion and in Australia, just shallots to add to the confusion :)
Oh wow, this recipe sounds incredible!! I am loving the flavors, cannot wait to make this!
Thanks so much Angela. Let me know what you think xx
I am ALL ABOUT THIS! Wow! Just the kind of dinner I want every night!
Me too Lisa, nice and easy and super tasty is always a winner.
This sounds so simple to make and ridiculously delicious too…love that combo. {And fried eggs…LOVE fried eggs!} Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to make this!
It sure is Sarah, super simple. I’d love to know what you think xx
Truly loving the flavor you developed in this dish. I love the way it looks and the fried egg is the perfect topper. I need to make this recipe.
Thanks very much Peter, the flavours are great and I’m totally with you about the fried egg…
Your photos are gorgeous! I love how simple this is to put together.. looks delicious!
Thanks so much Sarah xx
I haven’t had Thai food in ages and that is just one age too long! I’ll be adding this to my lunch wish list for next week!
Thanks Bintu, thai food is great huh! Let me know what you think xx
I’m not sure why you say this is far from being authentic– I actually think the authentic dish is a bit simpler this this, but you have all the right flavors :) We have been living part time in Malaysia and took our son at 10 months to Thailand, and the servers at the resort we stayed out were just in shock that we fed our son rice and Thai food– he loved the Tom Kha Gai. A lot of Asian families only give their babies rice cereal until they are past a year old. But Xander has always gotten a version of whatever we have eaten- curries, stews, he doesn’t even care if its spicy!
Thank you lovely, I love that you feed your son like that. I am exactly the same. I never gave him rice cereal – actually I tried it once and he pulled all sorts of funny faces, he hated it. As soon as I gave him real food he was happy. Banana and avocado were his favourite combo. What a great experience living part time in Malaysia.