Thai Basil Beef

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, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

27 g	2 tablespoons vegetable oil
	2 thinly sliced shallots
21 g	7 cloves sliced garlic
6 g	1 tablespoon fresh minced ginger
60 g	1/2 thinly sliced red bell pepper
454 g	1 pound lean ground beef
9 g	2 teaspoons brown sugar
34 g	2 tablespoons fish sauce
96 g	6 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
17 g	3 teaspoons oyster sauce
17 g	2 tablespoons Asian garlic chili paste (more or less to taste, for heat)
120 g	1/2 cup low sodium beef broth
59 g	1/4 cup water
3 g	1 teaspoon cornstarch
100 g	1 cup basil leaves*
	cooked jasmine rice (for serving)

Method: 6 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I have to say that I love thai food but was skeptical of the combination of sauce ingredients and rightfully so. They did not work for me. The flavor was very "sour" and off. I also started to make the recipe and then read the comments and was glad I did. ” — a cook, 2★

“I have to say that I love thai food but was skeptical of the combination of sauce ingredients and rightfully so. They did not work for me. The flavor was very “sour” and off. I also started to make the recipe and then read the comments and was glad I did. Didn” — a cook, 2★