pork and thai basil stir-fry

Servings: 4 servings
Rating: 4
Difficulty: easy
Category: main course
Total: 35 mins

Ingredients:

  • 4 clove garlic
  • 2 lime
  • baby bok choy
  • 2 shallot
  • ½ ounce thai basil
  • 20 ounce ground pork
  • 1.5 teaspoon fish sauce
  • ½ teaspoon sriracha
  • 4 tablespoon soy sauce
  • steamed basmati rice
  • 2 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • 1.5 teaspoon sugar
  • salt
  • pepper

Directions:

  • Mince garlic, halve limes, cut one lime into wedges
  • Trim and discard bottom root ends from bok choy, then thinly slice stalks and leaves crosswise
  • Halve, peel, and thinly slice shallots
  • Pick basil leaves from stems and roughly chop half

Cook pork

  • Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. add shallots and cook, tossing, until softened, about 3 minutes.
  • Add pork, break up meat into pieces, spread out in pan, and gently press down. cook without stirring until browned on bottom, about 4 minutes.
  • Toss in garlic. cook until fragrant, 1 minute more.

Make sauce

  • Stir together 1 tbsp water and 1½ tsp sugar in a small bowl.
  • Warm in microwave until sugar dissolves, about 30 seconds.
  • Stir in a squeeze of lime, 1½ tsp fish sauce, and ½ tsp sriracha. set aside.

Cook bok choy and rice

  • Add bok choy and 2 tbsp soy sauce to pan with pork.
  • Cook, tossing, until bok choy is tender, about 3 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, cook rice.

Finish stir-fry

  • Stir chopped basil and a squeeze of lime into pan.
  • Season with more lime and soy sauce (to taste).

Plate and serve

  • Divide rice between plates and top with stir-fry.
  • Scatter remaining basil over.
  • Drizzle with sauce and remaining sriracha.
  • Serve with lime wedges to the side

Notes:

Nutrition Facts:

  • calories 530 kcal
  • fat 25 g
  • saturated fat 7 g
  • carbohydrate 50 g
  • sugar 6 g
  • dietary fiber 4 g
  • protein 30 g
  • cholesterol 90 mg
  • sodium 890 mg