| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meats, Grains, Seafood | Thai | Herbs, Main dish, Ours, Pork, Thai | 4 | Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 | lb | Pork tenderloin, trimmed of |
| all fat and sinew | ||
| 1 | Basil, 2 cups leaves | |
| Theirs has minty clove | ||
| flavour | ||
| 4 | Scallions | |
| 3 | T | Peanut oil |
| 2 | Cloves garlic | |
| 2 | 3 hot red or green chiles | |
| thinly sliced | ||
| 2 | t | Fish sauce |
| 2 | t | Soy sauce |
| 1 | t | Sugar |
| 1/4 | c | Chicken stock or water |
INSTRUCTIONS
Thinly slice the pork across the grain. Wash, dry and stem the basil. Mince the white part of the scallion. Cut the green part into 1 inch pieces. Heat the wok over a high flame. Swirl in the oil and heat almost to smoking. Add the garlic, chilies and white part of scallions and cook for 10 seconds. Add the pork and stir fry for 1 minute. Add the fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, stock and green part of scallions and bring mixture to a boil. Stir in the basil and cook for 20 seconds or until the leaves are wilted and the pork is cooked. The dish is supposed to be soupy. Serve at once with rice or noodles. Fragrant dish - noe of the glories of Thai street food. From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 328
Calories From Fat: 173
Total Fat: 19.3g
Cholesterol: 106.6mg
Sodium: 162.4mg
Potassium: 535.9mg
Carbohydrates: 2.3g
Fiber: <1g
Sugar: 1.3g
Protein: 34.2g