Thai Basil Pork

Simplified, easy weeknigh

Good

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

1. Turn a pan/wok on medium high and put the meat straight in there (My favorite is ground pork, but ground chicken/turkey are also fine, but the effect is a little different since they have less fat) If it’s pork, no oil, if it’s chicken/turkey, use a little oil. And literally just break it apart and cook the shit out of it for kinda a long time. You want all the juices to release and evaporate until the meat is essentially frying in its own fat

Step 2

2. While it’s cooking down, mince some garlic and chilis if you have them.

Step 3

3. Then, at a certain point, the meat should be browned and have bits that are like crispy and charred, at that point, scoot the meat over so it’s out of the oil/fat and fry the garlic and peppers in the fat for a bit until the garlic begins to take color

Step 4

4. Mix together

Step 5

4.2 (Optional) If you’re looking for a more veggie loaded dish, you can also put the meat to the side and steam/sautee some veg/mushrooms, etc until wilted and then add the meat back into the pan

Step 6

5. Add like idk a drizzle of fish sauce and a drizzle of light soy sauce and mix. Taste for salt/flavor. Add more sauces as necessary

Step 7

6. Put some leaves of Thai basil in at this point and just stir fry until fragrant and combined. If you have other aromatics like green onions or yellow chives, those can go in at this time as well.

Step 8

7. Serve over rice. Feel free to top with cilatro, or other asian style herbs!