I've been on a basil kick lately. One of my new favorites, beside Margherita Pizza, is Pad Basil.
Long a favorite menu choice when I visit Thai restaurants, I found a recipe that's really easy to make at home. It's filled with simple, easy-to-find ingredients, 2 ingredients you may or may not be familiar with (oyster sauce and fish sauce), and whatever veggies I have on hand that is fresh. Just make sure there's basil available!
I like this dish cooked with chicken, but I also adore it with oven-baked tofu.
Here's the recipe I (generally) use, from Food Network. I prefer chopped chicken breasts, or, as I mentioned, tofu. I've yet to find Holy Basil in my neck of the woods, but I am sure it would send this dish over the top. For heat, I use re-hydrated dried japones chile peppers, the same ones I use when I make Thai curry pastes. I also add onion (not in the original), fresh bell pepper (earlier in the recipe than the instructions call for), asparagus, mushrooms, and any other fresh veggie that I think might go well in this dish. I'm still wanting to use diced eggplant. One of these days!
This is a recipe I can throw together in a snap, too, which makes it a frequent visitor on our dinner table!
Do you have a favorite throw-together recipe? Share with me!
Long a favorite menu choice when I visit Thai restaurants, I found a recipe that's really easy to make at home. It's filled with simple, easy-to-find ingredients, 2 ingredients you may or may not be familiar with (oyster sauce and fish sauce), and whatever veggies I have on hand that is fresh. Just make sure there's basil available!
Here's the recipe I (generally) use, from Food Network. I prefer chopped chicken breasts, or, as I mentioned, tofu. I've yet to find Holy Basil in my neck of the woods, but I am sure it would send this dish over the top. For heat, I use re-hydrated dried japones chile peppers, the same ones I use when I make Thai curry pastes. I also add onion (not in the original), fresh bell pepper (earlier in the recipe than the instructions call for), asparagus, mushrooms, and any other fresh veggie that I think might go well in this dish. I'm still wanting to use diced eggplant. One of these days!
This is a recipe I can throw together in a snap, too, which makes it a frequent visitor on our dinner table!
Do you have a favorite throw-together recipe? Share with me!