Thai basil fried rice
Thai basil fried rice is one of my favorite fried rice dishes of all time. It's spicy, peppery, super easy, to make, and it's ready in less than 20mins.
- 1 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 2 tsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 4 fresh thai red chilies ((adjust as you like))
- 6 large cloves of garlic
- 7 cleaned extra large shrimp (use as much or little as you want)
- 1/2 cup onion (about 1/2 cm thick, long slices)
- 1/2 small red bell pepper (sliced thick)
- 1/2 small yellow bell pepper (sliced thick)
- 2 cup cooked jasmine rice (cooled down)
- 1/2 cup thai basil leaves
- 1 tbsp oil
pound garlic and fresh Thai red chilies on a mortar and pestle to a rough paste.
Reduce the number of chilies if you can’t handle heat or if you make this for kids.
In a separate bowl mix all the sauces and sugar together. Stir with a spoon until all the sugar is dissolved.
In a wok heat your oil and add your shrimp mix for about a minute (you can use any other protein of your choice) and then add garlic and chili paste. Mix well with the shrimp.
When the shrimp is almost fully cooked, add your thick slices of onion. Also, add your bell pepper slices (you can adjust the amount of your onion and bell peppers as you like)
Mix well for about to 30sec to a minute on high heat. Do not cook until the bell peppers and onions get soft. They have to remain somewhat crunchy in the final dish.
Add your rice and mix well again for about a minute.
Then add your sauce mix. Mix for few seconds until everything incorporates.
Finally, add your Thai basil leaves and mix well everything together for about 10seconds and turn off the heat. Serve hot
