Name: Holy basil stir-fry
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1.5 lb Ground chicken; 2 bunch Holy basil; 8 cloves Garlic; 6 Thai bird chilies; 1 Shallot; 6 oz Green beans; 4 Eggs; 2 cups Jasmine rice; 2 tbsp Oyster sauce; 1 tbsp Fish sauce; 1 tsp Dark soy sauce; 1 tbsp Soy sauce; 2 tsp Sugar; 0.5 cup Vegetable oil

Holy basil stir-fry

Ground chicken fried hard with chilies, garlic and basil, over rice with a crispy fried egg. The Thai weeknight classic.

How many people are eating

Written for 4. Everything below is scaled to 4.

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1.5 lb Ground chicken(or ground pork)
2 bunch Holy basil(Asian market produce; Thai basil or regular basil is the usual swap)
8 cloves Garlic
6 Thai bird chilies(Asian market; or 2 serranos)
1 Shallot
6 oz Green beans(optional)
4 Eggs
2 cups Jasmine rice
2 tbsp Oyster sauce(Walmart Asian foods aisle)
1 tbsp Fish sauce(Walmart Asian foods aisle, or an Asian market. Swap: extra soy sauce)
1 tsp Dark soy sauce(Asian market, for color; skip if you cannot find it)
1 tbsp Soy sauce· most people have this
2 tsp Sugar· most people have this
0.5 cup Vegetable oil· most people have this

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How to cook it · about 25 minutes

Start the rice. Pound or finely chop the garlic and chilies together. Slice the shallot and cut the green beans into 1/2-inch pieces. Pick the basil leaves.
Mix the oyster sauce, fish sauce, dark soy, soy sauce and sugar with 2 tbsp water.
Fry the eggs first: heat about 1/3 cup oil in a skillet over medium-high until shimmering. Crack in one egg at a time and spoon hot oil over it for 1 to 2 minutes until the edges are brown and crispy and the yolk is still runny. Drain on a paper towel.
Pour off all but 2 tbsp of the oil and turn the heat to high. Fry the garlic, chilies and shallot for 30 seconds until fragrant but not brown. Stand back, the chili fumes are strong.
Add the chicken and break it up. Cook 4 to 5 minutes until no pink remains and it starts to brown. Add the green beans and the sauce and cook 2 minutes more until glossy.
Turn off the heat and fold in all the basil until it just wilts. Serve over rice with a fried egg on each plate.

Amounts are on the list above — they change with the number of people; the steps do not.