Thai Basil Fried Rice
Thai Basil Fried Rice

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, thai basil fried rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Thai Basil Fried Rice is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Thai Basil Fried Rice is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook thai basil fried rice using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Thai Basil Fried Rice:
  1. Prepare 4 cups cooked short grain rice cooled
  2. Get 1 small onion chopped
  3. Take 3 gloves garlic chopped
  4. Get 1 inch ginger chopped
  5. Make ready 2 tablespoons neutral oil
  6. Get 1 tablespoon dark soy sauve
  7. Take 1 tablespoon regular soy sauce
  8. Take 1 tablespoon mirin
  9. Get 1 tablespoon sake or Chinese cooking wine
  10. Get 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  11. Take 1 cup peas (frozen)
  12. Take 3 scallions sliced
  13. Take 1/2 cup fresh Thai basil chopped
  14. Make ready 1 tablespoon oil
  15. Make ready 3 eggs
  16. Make ready 1 teaspoon fish sauce

And don't skip the fish sauce, it smells strong in the bottle, but it blends in nicely with the other ingredients when it's all put together. Also, make sure you use chilled. So my Thai basil fried rice had to be with shrimp, but you can use any protein you prefer, it will all work! Pound garlic and thai cili together in a mortar and pestle.

Steps to make Thai Basil Fried Rice:
  1. Heat oil in wok or large pan over medium high heat
  2. Add onion, garlic, and ginger and sauté until fragrant
  3. Add rice and heat until the large chunks easily break apart
  4. Add soy sauces, mirin, sake/wine, and sesame oil and mix
  5. Stir fry for about five minutes to allow the rice to become crispy
  6. Add frozen peas, Thai basil, and 1/2 of the scallions
  7. Once peas defrost, remove from wok
  8. Rinse wok to remove any remaining rice. Add 1 tablespoon oil and heat over medium heat.
  9. Crack eggs into bowl and add fish sauce. Scramble with fork.
  10. Add eggs to wok and constantly stir until eggs are cooked through. Mix eggs into the rice
  11. To serve, portion rice into bowls and top with remaining scallions. Enjoy!

This way the natural oil form chili and garlic will be release and will make the fried rice more fragrance. Fried rice originated in China as a way to use up leftover cooked rice. Wherever fried rice is prepared in Asia, local cooks add regional ingredients and seasonings. This means Thai cooks mix in garlic, chili and basil with delicious results. Thai basil fried rice is a delicious preparation made by cooking rice along with basil leaves, assorted vegetables and various asian spices.

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