Pad Gaprao

Spicy, tasty Thai meal. Yields 2-3 portions.

Ingredients

• 5-10 thai chilies
• 5 cloves garlic
• 1 spur chili
• ⅛ cup long bans
• ½ cup small onions
• 300g coarsely ground chicken
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 ½ tbsp black soy sauce
• 2 tbsp water
• 1 ½ tsb sugar
• 1 ½ cups holy basil leaves
• Vegetable oil as needed
• 1 egg per person
• ½ cup of rice per person
• Prik Nam Pla
  • Fish sauce
  • Lime juice
  • Chopped thai chilies
  • Chopped garlic

Instructions

Main Course

• Pound thai chilies into fine paste
• Add garlic and spur chili and pound into a rough paste
• Combine sauces, water, and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Saute the paste in a large pan until the garlic turns golden.
• Add chicken and toss until they're no longer in big clumps.
• Add sauce and toss until chicken is almost done.
• Remove from heat and mix in holy basil leaves.

Fried egg

• Heat up oil (1cm high) in a small pan on medium heat
• Crack eggs directly into pan and fry until the edges are brown and bubbly
• Drizzle Prik Nam Pla over the egg and place on top of food