Pad Kra Pao: Thai Holy Basil Stir-Fry with Grass-Fed Diced Beef

  📦 Cut: Diced Beef (480g) — All Packs 

Thailand's most beloved street food, made with Your Farmer beef

Pad Kra Pao — stir-fried meat with holy basil, oyster sauce, and fish sauce — is arguably Thailand's most popular everyday dish. It is fast, intensely flavoured, and completely satisfying. For this version, the diced beef is cut very small (or pulsed in a food processor to a rough mince) so it cooks quickly while still delivering the texture and flavour of genuinely good beef.

Sauce Ingredients:

•     2 tbsp oyster sauce

•     1 tbsp fish sauce

•     1 tbsp soy sauce

•     1 tsp sugar

•     2 tbsp water

Stir-Fry Ingredients:

•     480g Your Farmer diced beef, cut very small or roughly pulsed

•     5 cloves garlic, roughly chopped

•     3–5 bird's eye chillies, roughly chopped (adjust to heat preference)

•     1 red capsicum, sliced

•     1 large handful Thai holy basil or regular basil leaves

•     2 tbsp neutral oil

•     Jasmine rice and a fried egg (crispy edges) per person to serve

Method:

1.   Combine all sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.

2.   Heat a wok over the highest heat possible until smoking. Add the oil.

3.   Add the garlic and chilli — stir-fry for 15–20 seconds until fragrant and just starting to colour.

4.   Add the beef in one layer. Do not touch for 30 seconds to allow browning. Then stir-fry vigorously for 2–3 minutes.

5.   Add the capsicum and toss through for 1 minute.

6.   Pour the sauce around the edge of the wok. Toss everything to coat.

7.   Remove from heat. Add the basil leaves and toss through until wilted.

8.   Serve immediately over jasmine rice, topped with a fried egg with crispy edges.

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