Pad Krapow Gai (Thai Basil Chicken)

Story behind the recipe

“The unofficial national street food of Thailand. When Bangkok cooks say 'just make me anything', this is what appears.”

Ingredients

• 300 gground chicken
• 4 Thai bird's eye chiles
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 tbspoyster sauce
• 1 tbspfish sauce
• 1 tspsugar
• 1 cupholy basil leaves
• 2 fried eggs, to serve

Directions

1. 1

   Pound chiles and garlic to a rough paste in a mortar.

2. 2

   Stir-fry the paste in oil over high heat until fragrant, seconds only.

3. 3

   Add chicken, break up, and toss with sauces and sugar until just cooked.

4. 4

   Kill the heat and fold in the holy basil. Serve over rice with a runny fried egg.