COPPERPad krapow moo recipe
Minced pork stir-fried hard with chilli, garlic and peppery holy basil, served on rice under a blistered fried egg.
Ingredients
- 300 g pork mince
- 1 bunch holy basil
- 4 clove garlic
- 3 birds eye chillies
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 300 g jasmine rice
How to make Pad krapow moo
- Rinse the 300 g jasmine rice and cook it; it takes about 20 minutes, so start it first.
- Mix the 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tsp sugar and 2 tbsp water until the sugar dissolves. Pick the leaves off the holy basil.
- Pound the 4 garlic cloves and 3 chillies together in a mortar into a rough paste, not too fine.
- Get the wok smoking with 4 tbsp oil. Fry the paste for a few seconds, then add the 300 g pork, pressing it flat to catch colour before you stir.
- Once the pork is cooked through, pour in the sauce and toss for 30 seconds, then kill the heat and fold through the basil until it just wilts.
- Heat the remaining 4 tbsp oil until very hot and fry the 2 eggs so the edges blister and the yolks stay soft.
- Serve the pork over the rice with a fried egg on top.
What is Pad krapow moo?
Pad krapow moo is a traditional dish from Thailand, cooked in a pan, and takes about 30 minutes from start to finish. It is built around pork mince and jasmine rice. The recipe below uses 11 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Pad krapow moo take?
At 30 minutes it is quicker than 97% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 2 dishes built on pork mince. The method runs to 7 steps, the longest being 20 minutes.
Any tips for making Pad krapow moo?
Kill the heat before adding the holy basil and toss only until it wilts, so it keeps its peppery scent.
How Pad krapow moo compares
At 30 minutes, Pad krapow moo is among the 20 quickest of the 586 dishes Copper documents. Hard to find elsewhere: holy basil (1), pork mince (2) and birds eye chillies (2).
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