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Eat for Eight Bucks: Gai Pad Krapow (Thai Basil Chicken)

from www.seriouseats.com

2 cooks on www.seriouseats.com rate it 4.3★.

hands-on15m
waitingnone
makes2
each$1.50
kcal587
levelbeginner
Needs:chickencitrus juiceAs an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 136.

this recipe typical

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

27 g2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Chilis, finely chopped (use 2-3 serrano peppers for a very mild heat; 2-3 bird's eye chilis for a medium heat)
1 large shallot, finely sliced
9 g3 cloves garlic, minced
151 g1/3 pound green beans, trimmed, chopped in 1 1/4-inch lengths
227 g1/2 pound ground chicken
34 g2 tablespoons fish sauce
8 g2 teaspoons sugar
1 g1 bunch basil, leaves only
Boiled rice
Fried eggs, 1 per person (optional)
Nam pla prik (recipe follows) or fresh lime wedges
Fish sauce
Fresh lime juice
Chilis, finely chopped
Shallots, finely sliced

Method: 7 steps, published by www.seriouseats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Just made this. Super yummy! I served it without the fried eggs (in a house without dishwashers, every dirty skillet counts), and I added about a 1/4 teaspoon of Thai red chili paste along with the chilis/shallots/garlic. Also, couldn't find ground chicken so ” — a cook
“Should one buy ground chicken? Or grind it at home? I love pad krapow and I'd love to learn to make it at home, now that I've moved away from the bevy of great Thai places I used to live near. Something about the idea of chicken ground at the grocery store jus” — a cook
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