
Pad kra pao with fried egg
Thai street-food favourite: spicy garlicky mince over rice with a crispy fried egg.
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Ingredients
- Pork mince500 g
- Fine green beans220 g
- Garlic5 cloves
- Soy sauce40 ml
- Free-range eggs4 eggs
- Basmati rice300 g
Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, chilli flakes, granulated sugar. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.
Usually contains: Soya, Gluten, Egg.
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Estimated from typical ingredient values, including a teaspoon of oil. Children's portions are smaller.
Method
- Put the rice on to cook following the pack instructions.300 g basmati rice
- Finely chop the garlic. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a wok or frying pan over a high heat, fry the garlic with a pinch of chilli flakes for 30 seconds, then add the pork mince. Fry for 6 to 8 minutes, breaking it up, until browned with no pink left and crisp in places.500 g pork mince5 cloves garlic
- Trim the green beans and chop into short lengths. Add them with the soy sauce and a teaspoon of sugar and cook for 3 minutes.220 g fine green beans40 ml soy sauce
- In another pan, heat 2 tablespoons of oil until hot and fry the eggs for 2 to 3 minutes, until crisp at the edges with a soft yolk. Serve the pork over the rice with an egg on top.4 eggs
Fry the eggs in plenty of very hot oil so the whites puff and crisp. That is the Thai way.
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