🌶️ Pad kra pao with beef

Name: Pad kra pao with beef
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 300 g beef, thinly sliced or minced; 1 large handful of Thai basil leaves; 4 garlic cloves and 3–5 small chillies, pounded; 1.5 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 300 g cooked jasmine rice

Origin: Thailand

700kcal

per serving · 400 g

175kcal

per 100 g

44 gProtein11 g / 100 g

24 gFat6 g / 100 g

76 gCarbs19 g / 100 g

This version of pad kra pao uses beef: thin slices or mince stir-fried at high heat with Thai basil, garlic and plenty of chilli, seasoned with fish sauce and a little sugar. The meat comes out savoury and spicy, fragrant with basil, and is served straight over a plate of steamed jasmine rice for a quick, filling one-dish meal.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

✓

Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

✓

High protein11 g protein per 100 g — 25% of the calories

Not vegetarianbecause of: beef, fish sauce

Not veganbecause of: beef, fish sauce

Not keto19 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Crustaceans ⚠ Fish ⚠ Soy

What it is made of

beefthai basilchili peppergarlicfish saucerice

Recipe

2 servings20 min

Ingredients

300 g beef, thinly sliced or minced
1 large handful of Thai basil leaves
4 garlic cloves and 3–5 small chillies, pounded
1.5 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp vegetable oil
300 g cooked jasmine rice

Method

Heat the oil in a wok and fry the garlic and chilli for 20 seconds.
Add the beef and stir-fry over high heat for 2–3 minutes.
Season with fish sauce, sugar and a splash of water.
Toss in the basil until just wilted and serve over rice.

How to make it lighter

Choose lean beef such as sirloin or 5% fat mince.
Use 1 tbsp of oil or less — 1 tbsp oil ≈ 120 kcal.
Add sliced green beans or onion to the stir-fry and serve less rice.

History

Beef is one of the standard protein choices for kra pao at Thai street stalls, alongside pork and chicken. The dish is eaten across Thailand as an everyday rice plate.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →