Best Thai Basil Pork Recipes

PAD KRAPAO (THAI STIR-FRY PORK WITH BASIL)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a wok over high heat. Add garlic and chile peppers and cook until garlic starts to brown, about 30 seconds. Add pork and stir-fry until browned, about 3 minutes. Pour in dark soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, and fish sauce. Cook and stir until liquid has reduced by half, about 3 minutes.
• Add chile paste, onion, and bell pepper. Stir-fry until pork is cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in basil leaves and season with pepper. Stir until well combined.

PORK, BASIL AND CHILLI STIR FRY - THAI STYLE

Steps:

• Prepare all ingredients in advance.
• Place wok or pan over a moderate heat and add 2 tablespoons oil.
• Add garlic and stir fry gently until it is just starting to colour lightly.
• Add the sliced shallots and stir fry for a few minutes until they are transparent.
• Remove garlic and shallots to another dish and set aside until needed.
• Add a little more oil to the pan and increase heat.
• Stir fry pork, in batches, until it is coloured (it doesn't have to be cooked through).
• When the last batch of pork is cooked, add the shallots and garlic and the remaining pork to the pan.
• Add the chillies and stir fry for a minute or two.
• Now add the oyster sauce, fish sauce and palm sugar.
• Stir fry for about 5 minutes or so until pork is cooked and the sauce is slightly caramelised.
• Add basil and stir fry until wilted.
• Before serving, sprinkle lightly with white pepper.
• Serve with steamed jasmine rice.

MINCED PORK WITH THAI BASIL BANGKOK STYLE [PAT KRAPAO MOO SAP]

Steps:

• In a hot pan, add the oil and stir fry garlic and chili until fragrant.
• Add pork and continue to stir fry on medium heat until almost ready.
• Keep stir frying and add pork stock as needed.
• Add oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar.
• Increase heat to high and add fresh thai basil. Keep stir frying for few seconds.
• Serve with white basmati rice and fried eggs.

SPICY THAI BASIL PORK AND GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Mix first 4 ingredients just until blended.
• Heat vinaigrette dressing in large nonstick skillet on medium heat. Add shallots and garlic; stir-fry 2 min. Add beans; stir-fry 3 to 4 min. or until crisp-tender.
• Add meat mixture; stir-fry 5 to 7 min. or until meat is done. Stir in basil; stir-fry on medium-low heat 1 min. or just until wilted. Serve with rice.

SPICY PORK CHOPS WITH THAI BASIL

Steps:

• Directions Put the flour onto a plate and then flour each pork chop on both sides. In a pan, heat up the olive oil and cook the pork chops for about 5 minutes on each side. Reserve. To the pan, add a 1/2 cup of water. Bring to a boil, scraping any bits in the bottom of the pan. Add the Thai chili peppers and Thai basil. Stir and cook for 2 minutes. Add the sweet soya sauce and brown sugar. Return the pork chops to the pan and cook for another 15 minutes on low heat.

THAI CURRIED NOODLES WITH PORK AND BASIL

Steps:

• 1.In a medium saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups of water to a boil. Add the carrots and cook until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the carrots to a plate. Reserve the carrot cooking water. 2.In a mini food processor, puree the lemongrass with the ginger and sugar. 3.In a large, deep skillet, heat the vegetable oil. Add the onion and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until golden brown. Add the lemongrass mixture and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the ground pork and cook, breaking up the meat, until no pink remains, about 3 minutes. Add the coconut milk and reduce the heat to moderate. Stir in the red curry paste, Sriracha and lime juice and turn off the heat. 4.In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook the noodles until al dente; drain well. Add the noodles, carrots and carrot cooking water to the skillet and toss over moderate heat until the noodles are thoroughly coated. Add the basil, season with salt and pepper and serve.

THAI BASIL PORK

Steps:

• In a mortar pound garlic and chilies with a little salt into paste.
• Heat 2-3 tbsps canola oil in frying pan and brown the paste.
• Add in the pork, making sure you break it up.
• When meat is cooked (very fast; don't overcook), add in oyster sauce, fish sauce and sugar.
• Stir in basil leaves. Add more fish sauce and sugar if needed.

THAI-STYLE BEEF OR PORK WITH BASIL AND CHILIES (PHAT BAI HORAPHA)

Steps:

• Combine beef, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, 2 teaspoons fish sauce, and white sugar in a bowl. Toss to combine and set in refrigerator to marinate for at least 15 minutes and up to overnight.
• Roughly chop half of Thai chilies and garlic and place inside a stone mortar with palm sugar. Grind with pestle until a mostly smooth paste has formed. Add remaining fish sauce and soy sauce and mash in mortar to form a sauce. Set aside. Finely slice remaining garlic and chilies and combine with shallot and lime leaves in a small bowl.
• When ready to cook, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok over high heat until smoking. Add half of beef and cook, without moving, until well seared, about 1 minute. Continue cooking, while stirring and tossing, until beef is lightly cooked but still pink in spots, about 1 minute. Transfer to a large bowl. Repeat with 1 more tablespoon oil and remaining beef, transferring beef to the same bowl. Wipe out wok.
• Reheat wok over high heat and add all of the beef, along with sliced garlic/chili/makrut lime mixture. Continue to cook, tossing and stirring constantly, until stir-fry is aromatic and shallots have completely softened, about 1 minute.
• Add sauce mixture to wok and cook, tossing and stirring constantly, until completely reduced. (The beef should look moist, but there should be no liquid in the bottom of the wok.) Immediately add basil and toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and and optional Thai chili or red pepper flakes. Transfer to a serving platter. Top with more makrut lime threads and fried shallots. Serve immediately with rice.

THAI GROUND CHICKEN (OR PORK) WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Mix together the first 3 ingredients in a small bowl and reserve. Heat 2 Tbsp vegetable or peanut oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the ground meat and beans, and cook until meat is no longer pink, break into crumbles as it cooks. Add the onion, chiles, and the fish sauce mixture and cook until onion is softened, about 2-3 minutes. Add the basil and cook until wilted, about 1 minute. Taste and adjust seasonings.

THAI BASIL PORK

Steps:

• 1. Combine all the sauce ingredients together and set aside. Add the oil to a Wok or skillet. Stir fry the garlic and chilies for 30 seconds. Add the pork and stir fry for about 5 minutes. Push to the side and add the egg and scramble it and then incorporate into the rest of the ingredients. Add the chicken stock, and sauce reduce heat and simmer 2 to 3 minutes.
• 2. Add the green onions and basil. Simmer another 2 minutes. Serve with rice

THAI BASIL PORK

Steps:

• Simmer garlic and onion in oil. Add pork, brown, add rest of ingredients.