Pad Ga Pow Food

PAD KRA PAO (PAD GAPRAO) CHICKEN STIR-FRY WITH HOLY BASIL

Steps:

• Pound Thai chilies into a fine paste.
• Add garlic and spur chilies and pound into a rough paste.
• Combine oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, black soy sauce, water and sugar; stir to dissolve the sugar.
• In a wok or a large saute pan, saute the garlic-chili paste in a little vegetable oil over medium high heat until the garlic starts to turn golden.
• Add chicken and toss until they're no longer in big clumps. Add the sauce and continue tossing until the chicken is almost done.
• Add onions and long beans; toss until the chicken is done.
• Remove from heat and stir in the holy basil.
• Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.

SPICY THAI BASIL CHICKEN (PAD KRAPOW GAI)

Steps:

• Whisk chicken broth, oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl until well blended.
• Heat large skillet over high heat. Drizzle in oil. Add chicken and stir fry until it loses its raw color, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in shallots, garlic, and sliced chilies. Continue cooking on high heat until some of the juices start to caramelize in the bottom of the pan, about 2 or 3 more minutes. Add about a tablespoon of the sauce mixture to the skillet; cook and stir until sauce begins to caramelize, about 1 minute.
• Pour in the rest of the sauce. Cook and stir until sauce has deglazed the bottom of the pan. Continue to cook until sauce glazes onto the meat, 1 or 2 more minutes. Remove from heat.
• Stir in basil. Cook and stir until basil is wilted, about 20 seconds. Serve with rice.

PAD GA POW

Steps:

• Grind the garlic, shallots, curry powder and peppercorns into a paste. Put the paste into a medium sized skillet, and stir-fry the paste until thick. Add in the chicken and the remaining ingredients and stir fry until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.
• Serve over rice.