Thai Basil Beef

Beef, Thai

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Servings: Servings: 4 Source:

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef

2 shallots, diced

1 red pepper, diced

4 cloves garlic, chopped

2 birds eye chilies, thinly sliced

2 tablespoons fish sauce (or soy sauce or tamari)

1 tablespoon palm sugar (or brown sugar)

1 lime, juice and zest

1 cup basil (preferably Thai basil)

2 green onions, thinly sliced

Directions

Cook the ground beef and shallots in a large pan over medium-high heat until the meat is cooked, about 10 minutes.

Add the red pepper, garlic and chilies and cook until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes.

Add the fish sauce, sugar, lime and basil and cook until the basil just starts to wilt, about a minute. (Taste test and adjust to make sure that the balance of salty, sweet and sour is just the way you like it!)

Enjoy garnished with green onions!

Notes

Option: For One-Pan: Make this a one-pan meal by adding 1 cup of rice and 2 cups coconut milk or broth or water (or 8 ounces of pasta and 2 1/4 cups coconut milk or broth or water ) to the sauce in step 2 and simmer, covered, until cooked, about 20 minutes (or 12 minutes for rice).

Option: Replace the birds eye chilies with other chilies like habanero, cayenne, jalapeno, etc.(or even red pepper flakes of srirachi chili sauce).

Option: Replace the ground beef with thinly sliced steak.

Nutrition

Calories 260, Fat 11.7g (Saturated 4.6g, Trans 0), Cholesterol 55mg, Sodium 563mg, Carbs 12.9g (Fiber 1.8g, Sugars 5.1g), Protein 25.8g
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