Thai cuisine · Meat & Kebab

Gai Pad Krapao

Spicy stir-fried ground chicken with Thai basil and a fried egg over rice – Thailand's everyday hero.

Ingredients · for 2 servings

• 400 g ground chicken (or finely chopped breast fillet)
• 4 garlic cloves
• 3–5 Thai chilies
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 handfuls holy basil (Thai basil as a substitute)
• 2 eggs
• 300 g rice
• 4 tbsp oil

Instructions

1. Cook the rice. Coarsely crush the garlic and chilies in a mortar.
2. Heat 2 tbsp oil until very hot and fry the garlic-chili paste for 30 sec.
3. Add the ground chicken and fry over high heat, breaking it up, until it has browned spots.
4. Stir in the fish sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce and sugar and let caramelize for 1 min.
5. Take off the heat and fold in the basil – it should just wilt.
6. Fry two crispy fried eggs in the remaining oil – the edges should be bubbly and crisp, the yolk still runny.
7. Serve the ground chicken over rice, topped with the fried egg – the creamy yolk tames the heat.