The BEST Pad Krapao

Pad Kra Pao with Kai Dao (Holy Basil Stir Fry)🍃🌶🍳
The dish literally means stir fried holy basil. 🍃
You can make it in less than 30 minutes! ⏲
This dish is super delicious and packed with flavor. It is the best with a fried egg on top and served on a bed of hot jasmine rice. 🍚
The flavor profile is savory, salty, spicy, with subtle hints of sweetness and sweet spice from the holy basil.
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Serves 3-4
What you’ll need:
1 lb minced meat of choice (I used pork)
14 garlic cloves (I love garlic)
12 Thai chili peppers (less if you can’t handle spice)
2 large eggs (for topping)
1 cup loosely packed holy basil or Thai basil
Seasonings:
1/2 Tbsp fish sauce
1/2 Tbsp seasoning sauce
1 Tsp dark soy sauce
1/2 Tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 Tbsp sweetener of choice (sugar, agave, honey) use less if you like less sweet.
Cooked jasmine rice (1 cup)
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[@Hannahsunshine-]

"Kra Pao" is the Thai name of Holy basil, different from italian basil. I'm growing some and can't wait until I get enough to make this dish.

[@ilakaizen4926]

Wait holy basil or thai basil?

[@Hannahsunshine-]

​@@ilakaizen4926 “Pad Kra Pao,” is a dish in Thailand that translates to “holy basil stir-fry” the Kra Pao is specifically holy basil. There are actually over 100 different types of basil in the world. Thai basil is a type of basil, but it is different from Holy Basil. Imo thia basil tastes more like licorice than holy basil does.

[@Am-qv2oe]

Ouhhh thai basil..

[@randalalansmith9883]

I'm pretty confident I've never tasted holy basil. So I just emulate the restaurant taste of Krapow with thai basil.

[@MrNiss]

⁠@@ilakaizen4926Thai Basil is different it’s used many Thai dishes but not this one. In this it’s Holy Basil that is what’s used in Kra pao.

[@aidawilson971]

Im filipino and i think I’ll enjoy this

[@kimthydasun3167]

Thankyou for using the authentic holy basil for this recipe 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@chrisjuricichxl5]

difficult to locate krapao but the horaphao variant works just fine. I'm a regular Thai food cooking guy and I'm still uncertain what 'seasoning sauce' is.

[@PersephoneInTheSpring]

I used this recipe to make dinner tonight so goooooood! thank you Peteeee

[@javpmv4677]

Try it with dried chilli instead of the fresh chilli you will love it better.

[@PersephoneInTheSpring]

oooh thank you for the tips I will try this week

[@Nyder]

They used to serve this one or two times a week at the International School Bangkok cafeteria. They had a whole lane dedicated to Asian food. I used to get rice soup with meatballs for breakfast every morning.

[@appled7202]

I’m sooo craving for this rn. I used your recipe and it turned out exactly the same as the one I had in Bangkok. 🥹 Thank youu for sharing thiiis!!

[@Waghoba]

This pad kaprao looks better than the last video i watched

[@Mashiso_FoodTravel]

That looks amazing 👏 😋 🙌

[@camarirandolph6934]

Good way to simplify this dish. Would be good if he added an optional long bean substitute. Also what is seasons sauce?

[@artkidolee2162]

Am obsessed with this dish! Why some tutorials only use fish sauce?

[@maolee6159]

My favorite easy dish.

[@mrbobo86]

The chili garlic fumes hit me everytime

[@lThellRockl]

kaprawleaves are the basils for those who dont speak Thai. you're welcome

[@ilakaizen4926]

Is it thai basil or sweet basil?

[@perubunthep9923]

@@ilakaizen4926its Holy basil

[@MXdeFunk]

@@ilakaizen4926 Thai basil

[@KumaBONG1234]

​@@ilakaizen4926 holy basil i believe

[@Dhruv_Dogra]

Thank you !

[@ellylauw3458]

I like Thai food 😊 👍👍👍, but sometime taste too spicy 🌶️ need to remind when ordering food

[@beautiful1ntx2]

Perfect!!

[@EastndFTball]

That’s one helluva mortar and pestle!

[@imsobuff]

bro took spicy to α whole other level

[@christinaw4335]

This looks sooo good but what is seasoning sauce??

[@kerepus]

The Brand is called Golden Mountain sauce. Taste close to it is Maggi seasoning liquid. But tbh you can skip it and use just fish sauce and oyster sauce.

[@Solmoscow]

What is that seasoning sauce, which went after the fish one?

[@NotVeryStraight]

It's literally called seasoning sauce. The brand is Golden Mountain

[@stevetartalia7116]

Its a msg soy 'like' sauce that has a slight smokey flave

[@tchris8561]

Holy basil is not available in my area 😭 I use thai sweet basil but taste is not really the same.

[@MJ-mj123]

My dad use this recipe

[@veganbeets]

Did you use holy basil or something else?

[@yoshianaazaria3376]

What sauce after darknsoy sauce??

[@ngab2208]

Bro is it work with unholy basil?

[@nicknamelol3033]

แซ่บๆ

[@zhongshibokkho9672]

😋

[@feisty7526]

I love this menu so much so simple but somehow i end up eating thus at least twice a week🥲✨

[@nchou646]

this is what I eat 7 days a week when I was trying to diet, but it doesn't work as it is so good with rice....

[@Knothe1977]

You forgot the Prik nam pla

[@dakotakingston2923]

What oil did you use? That was a fancy ass bottle

[@borbetomagus]

It appears to be "Svicha Olive Oil".

[@soysauce4087]

@@borbetomagusain’t no sane person would use olive oil in Pad Krapao

[@borbetomagus]

@@soysauce4087 That bottle design was found by visual means. Numerous other brands offer similar bottles with pre-printed labels, but I don't think any include oil. By the color, I would have guessed he's using Caiziyou (roasted rapeseed oil), though this hard to source oil doesn't seem to be commonly used in Thai cooking -- like coconut, palm, peanut and soybean. Any guesses?

[@thekiddocook1554]

Noooo not the sweetener 😭, u dont use that. Also add in msg.

[@matthewberry6158]

I tried this and it was really dry

[@randalalansmith9883]

So this is weird. I don't "pepper spray" myself when I cook the chilies. But when I rinse the dishes in cold water, that's when the molecules release into my eyes and lungs.

[@suphasud]

เออ อันนี้ใบกะเพรา ฝรั่งหลายคนใส่ใบโหระพา 😂

[@soysauce4087]

กด translate นี่คือเป็น Basil เหมือนกันเลยครับ55555 น่าจะงง

[@JazzFunk4Ever]

No broth at the end?

[@omgwth7567]

No 😊

[@sahan6996]

Shrek's Donald keyton😊

[@Dhruv_Dogra]

It is not a complete meal without RICE. You needed to add a bowl of that too!

[@NPonlamuangsri]

Man said pad krapao leaves instead of basil 🤣

[@104thironmike4]

krapao means holy basil in thai...

[@j6backup626]

Everything’s good until you not some weird sisig sauce 😑

[@khylelewis]

Looks good, but you didn't give enough directions. You need to turn off the heat when you add the Thai basil or they burn easily. Also, you didn't deep fry the egg. You need more oil than that for it to be authentic Thai style. I grew up in Thailand. Trust me. My krapow is god tier.

[@JonahGhost]

You could replace chili peppers with tobasco sauce btw.

[@SK-yz7cr]

There is no aka for real pad kra pao

[@joshuap935]

Is anyone else tired of seeing these dudes steal dishes, pretending it’s their own in order to not work a real job?

[@toukdee]

What about the tamarind😂

[@omgwth7567]

No tamarind at all in this dish. 😊