Thai Basil Fried Rice

This is my favorite Thai fried-rice.  It's spicy and really flavorful.  I love how the Thai basil just enhance the taste and the smell of the food.  Again this dish can be vegetarian or you can choose your choice of meat.  If you don't like your food spicy just add less Thai chili or less chili paste oil.

Spicy Thai Basil Fried-Rice

Ingredients:

• 2-3 tbsp cooking oil
• about 200 grams of any meat of your choice
• 3-4 cups of cooked rice
• 1-2 eggs depends on size
• 5-10 Thai basil leaves
• 3-4 clove of chopped garlic
• 3-5 chopped Thai chili
• 1/2-1tbsp Thai chili paste oil
• 1 cup of frozen mixed vegetable (optional)
• 1/2 yellow onion cut smaller pieces (optional)
• 1/2 green pepper cut smaller pieces
• 1/2 red pepper cut smaller pieces
• 1-2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1/2-1tbsp oyster sauce
• 1-2tbsp of soy sauce
• 1/2tbsp sugar (optional)

Instructions:

Step 1:  At medium-high heat, add cooking oil into a wok. When the oil is hot, add garlic and Thai chili, stirred until the garlic is golden or brown but not burnt then add the meat your chosen.

Step 2:  Stirred until the meat is cook, then add the eggs, followed with the vegetables. Mixed it all together until the vegetable is almost cook.

Step 3:  Add the rice, followed with all the sauces.  Start mixing until all the ingredients are well blended together for about 2-3 minutes.

Step 4:  Add the Thai basil and give it a taste.  If it's not as flavorful as you would like it to be, you may add more sauce at time.

Step 5:  You may garnish it with cucumber and some cilantro for presentation.

For other Thai dishes please visit the following link:

http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes

http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum and other Thai soup

http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes

http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry