Thai basil and chilli minced beef with an egg (Phat Kaphrao)

Philip Pantelides
Philip Pantelides @philip
Bath, England, United Kingdom

Superb Thai recipe taught to me by a friend - served with runny eggs. Traditionally pork mince, but beef mince works just as well.

Thai basil and chilli minced beef with an egg (Phat Kaphrao)

Superb Thai recipe taught to me by a friend - served with runny eggs. Traditionally pork mince, but beef mince works just as well.

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Ingredients

  1. 1 cupjasmine rice
  2. 3small chillis or 1 large
  3. 2 clovesgarlic
  4. 250 gbeef mince
  5. 1red onion
  6. 300 ggreen beans or mixed greens
  7. 2 tbspchilli paste with Thai basil
  8. 2eggs
  9. 1/2lime to serve

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Steam / boil rice as per packet instructions. I like to use brown jasmine

  2. 2

    Brown the mince in a pan and season. Remove from pan once brown and set to on side.

  3. 3

    While the mince is cooking chop the onion and beans / greens

  4. 4

    Finely chop garlic and chilli

  5. 5

    2 table spoons of Pad Kapao (Chilli paste with Basil Leaves) found at any good Asian supermarket

  6. 6

    In the pan

  7. 7

    Mix in greens, onions, garlic and chilli. Cook till softened.

  8. 8

    Stir in the mince and more chilli paste to taste. Stir fry for a couple minutes and then add a touch of lime juice

  9. 9

    Serve rice and top with mince mix.

  10. 10

    Quickly fry a couple of eggs

  11. 11

    Serve with the eggs on top. Enjoy! 🇹🇭

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Braai (BBQ) lover, raised in Africa, inspired by cuisine of my travels. Quick and #healthy recipes every night of the week, experiments and #Braai on the weekend.
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