Thai Beef with Sweet Basil Leaves
Thai Beef with Sweet Basil Leaves Recipe only This quick Thai beef with sweet basil dish is healthy and scrumptious for a meal in a hurry. I had a Thai lady cooking near my apartment in Bangkok and I ordered this from her because she was excellent at cooking this recipe. If you do not like chilies to be hot and spicy! Leave the seeds out of the dish, or use a longer sweeter chili. I love the flavor of chilies. Make sure you buy Thai sweet basil, not European basil for this dish. INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon fish sauce 3 tablespoons oyster sauce 4 tablespoons homemade chicken stock, or water 1/2 teaspoon sugar 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 3 bird's eye chilies, bruised with the back of a chefs knife 500 g rump or fillet steak, finely sliced into strips 1 medium Asian shallot, cut into wedges 2 handfuls of Thai sweet basil leaves METHOD 1. Mix the fish sauce, oyster sauce, stock and sugar in a small bowl. 2. Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or frying p...