Beef Gra-Pao

A Thai spicy beef basil dish. Many Gra-Pao recipes use ground beef, so this one may stretching the use of the name, but is it how I was introdued to the dish. Serve w. white rice.

Thirty minutes to prepare, 20 minutes to cook

Makes three to four servings, depending on portions

John Watlington, from various sources

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Ingredients

• 1 lb. Beef thinly sliced across the grain
• 6 large cloves Garlic sliced
• 2 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil
• 1 Tbsp. Soy Sauce light
• 2 Tbsp. Fish Sauce Thai
• 2 Tbsp. Chili Sauce Thai
• 2 tsp. Sugar granulated
• 1 cup Chicken Broth low-sodium
• 2 medium Onions peeled and sectioned
• 1 large Carrot sliced into thin ovals
• 1 medium Sweet Pepper any color, chopped into bit-sized triangles
• 8 oz. Mushrooms fresh, quartered or halved
• 2 medium Jalapeno Peppers fresh, sliced
• 1/2 tsp. Black Pepper ground
• 1 Zucchini optional, cut into thick chunks
• 1 cup Basil Leaves fresh, whole, with some stems

Directions

Warning: I am still working on this recipe...

Mix the Soy Sauce, Fish Sauce, Chili Sauce, Sugar, and Chicken Broth together. Set aside.

You can substitute Oyster Sauce for the Fish Sauce, or combine the two.

In a large frying pan or wok, fry the beef with two of the garlic cloves and the Vegetable Oil until browned. Remove the meat from the pan and set aside.

In the same oil, fry the Garlic, Onions, Carrots, and Sweet Peppers. When they are starting to cook, add the Mushrooms, Black Pepper, and Jalapeno Peppers. Add any Zucchini a little bit later. Continue to stir frequently as dish cooks.

When the vegetables are nearly cooked, add the previously combined sauces to the pan. Continue cooking until sauce begins to reduce. Add the cooked beef and the fresh Basil leaves and cook until the leaves are wilted..

Serve along-side plain white rice.