Pad Kra Pao Recipe | Thai Basil Chicken

This pad kra pao recipe (Thai basil chicken) is one of the most popular thai dishes all around the world. This Thai street food recipe is made of chilies, garlic, chicken (also can be bade with pork pr beef) and basil, A LOT OF BASIL! The dish is pretty easy to make and it takes only 15 minutes to make it. This dish also named by mistake as pad kapow, pad kapao, Phat kaphrao, but it doesn’t really matter, as long you stick to the real and classic recipe.

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Ingredients:
3-4 Thai chili peppers
5 Garlic cloves
2 tablespoons Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Oyster sauce
2 tablespoons Fish sauce
2 tablespoons Water
1 tablespoon Sugar
2 chicken breasts (450g)
2 tablespoons Oil
1 handful Holy basil/Regular basil
Eggs, 1 per serving
Rice for serving

Directions:
1. Using a mortar and pestle, pound the chilies, then add garlic cloves and pound into a coarse paste. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle you can crush/chop the chilies with the garlic on a chopping board. Set aside.
2. In a small bowl, whisk soy sauce, oyster sauce, fish sauce, water and sugar. Set aside.
3. Coarsely chop the chicken, set aside.
4. In a wok or a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of oil over medium heat. Add the paste and fry for 1 minute. add the chicken and fry until cooked through, about 4-5 minutes.
5. Add the sauce and cook for 2 minutes more.
6. Turn the heat off and stir in the basil.
7. Fry the egg: in a pan or wok heat some oil. When oil is hot, crack the egg into the oil. Fry until the edges are browned.
8. Serve the pad kra pao with rice and top with fried egg.

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[TheCookingFoodie]

Full written recipe in the description box!

[aranzart]

Absolutely delicious! My husband and I love this recipe❤. Thank you.

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[deejejey]

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[poppywilliams]

You just kicked me um...to the delish zone! Always ready to taste new dishes! Yummy, yum! Doing the air fryer way.
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[sylvialin]

I enjoy pad kra pao.. i cook it almost every mth. Thai basil is a herb i never miss. Fish sauce n oyster sauce is a must. I prefer mine with mince pork with brown sugar.
Very tasty, spicy n yummy. Good appetizer for our Thai dish with Basmati Rice

[RetiredSchoolCook]

Delicious plate of food . Very nice recipe .

[pennyarts]

Thank you pretty easy. Start cooking now.

[달리는먹보]

Thank you for the recipe! It looks so delicious!!

[HomeCookingJourney]

Looks like an interesting meal, yummy!

[cathycoats]

This looks so yummy! I'm so hungry now!

[-wasfasahla]

An interesting meal thank you for sharing

[delicesdicietdailleurs]

Amazing recipe with beautiful presentation 💐👏👏👏

[EndlessRainth]

I’m Thai and this is one of my favorite ! Thanks for sharing it’s good combination with fried egg. 😙
I really miss Thailand ....

[suchartboontid]

This is actually very authentic. I should know since I'm Thai.

[nolenl]

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[Hi-rlcq]

First lol
Also it looks amazing, keep up the amazing work!

[roshnimichael]

🤤🤤looks like its delicious, I'm gonna try this 😍😍

[tanjilashappyplace]

Wow just amazing looks
Absolutely Very delicious & yummy recipe😍👍

[JoshEssex]

I make pad krapow once a week. I must admit I'm not so keen on too much soy sauce in this dish.
I prefer 2 tbsp fish sauce, 1/2 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce, 4 tbsp water and 2 tsp sugar. It's lovely when the fish sauce is more prominent!