Pork sautéed with holy basil leaves: Phat kaphrao Mou

Stir-fried pork with holy basil leaves and oyster sauce is a delicious, spicy, hearty dish and served with a fried egg, it is a very popular meal in Thailand.

Translation:
Phat (or pad) = skipped, kaphrao = holy basil, Mou = pork
Often eaten with a fried egg = Kraille dao
You can also do this or ask for it in a restaurant with chicken = kaillesquid = plaa muk or shrimp = koung.

So to order this dish in a restaurant, all you have to do is say:
Phat kaphrao + soft (or kaille or plaa muk or koung) and to add kap kraille dao if you want a fried egg.

Warning: this is a dish traditionally served very hot.

When you order it in a restaurant, if you are not used to it, you can ask for not spicy: strawberry knitwearor a little spicy: paette nite noille

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Recipe for stir-fried pork with holy basil leaves: Phat kaphrao Mou

Course: Main course

Cuisine: Thai: whole country

Keyword: Holy basil, Sautéed pork

Servings: 4

Calories:

Ingredients

Ingredients for the Sautéed Pork with Basil Leaves

• 5 tablespoons oil
• 7 pods garlic crushed
• 2 à 3 shallots finely chopped.
• 12 small green chillies optional if you like spicy food cut in half lengthwise
• 400 g minced pork you can use chicken, beef or shrimp instead
• 4 eggs
• Salt and pepper
• 8 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 5 tablespoon soy sauce
• 4 tablespoon nuoc mam sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup full of holy basil leaves
• 300 gr cooked rice.

Instructions

Preparation of the Pork sautéed with basil leaves

• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok over high heat.
• Add the garlic, chillies and after a few seconds the shallots.
• Stir and brown for one minute, then add the pork.
• Continue cooking for 5 to 6 minutes without stopping to stir
• The pork should be well cooked and not give off any more juice.
• Turn down the heat to minimum, cover and keep warm.
• Remove the wok lid.
• Season with oyster sauce, once the oyster sauce is well incorporated add the soy sauce and nuoc mam.
• Add the sugar, then the basil leaves.
• Stir to soften them.
• Heat the remaining oil in a pan or wok.
• You need to make 4 fried eggs, you can do them one by one if you are using a wok or all together and then separate them if you are using a frying pan, add salt and pepper.
• Divide the mixture between 4 plates, place a fried egg on each and serve with the rice.

Notes

And it's ready! Bon Appétit!!!

Video of a recipe for stir-fry with basil leaves

Here is a video that explains step by step how to prepare the chicken sauté with basil leaves:

https://youtu.be/MLJUP1ym4s8

See also :

10 delicious Thai dishes not to be missed, what to eat in Thailand

Recognising Thai dishes: composition, photo and Thai names