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Thai Basil Fried Rice

Thai-style fried rice with shrimp, chili-garlic paste, eggs, and basil.

Yield: 6 servings
Style: wok-style fried rice
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Ingredients

Rice Base
  • 3 cups cooked, cooled jasmine rice
  • 6-8 cloves garlic
  • 1-6 Thai red chilies
  • 1 tbsp avocado or neutral oil
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 tbsp salted butter
  • 1/3 cup thinly sliced shallots
  • 12 oz shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 1/2 cups Thai basil leaves
Sauce
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tsp black or dark soy sauce
  • 2-3 tsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/8 tsp white pepper
  • Pinch salt for chili paste

Method

  1. Pound garlic, chilies, and a pinch of salt into a coarse chili-garlic paste.
  2. Mix oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, brown sugar, and white pepper.
  3. Heat oil in a wok or large skillet. Scramble eggs quickly, then remove.
  4. Add butter and shallots; cook until softened. Stir in chili-garlic paste.
  5. Add shrimp and cook briefly. Add rice, toss, then spread and let sizzle in short intervals.
  6. Pour in sauce and stir until absorbed. Fold in eggs and basil until basil wilts.
  7. Serve immediately.

Finish + Service

  • Serve hot.
  • Optional side: sliced cucumber.
  • Best when cooked hard and fast with day-old rice.
Uncle Cheese Hot migration — Thai Basil Fried Rice converted into the hosted recipe system.