Thai Holy Basil Stir-Fry Recipe (Pad Kra Pao) ผัดกะเพรา - Hot Thai Kitchen!

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Best fried egg I've ever had. French cooking techniques are overrated and plain unaware.

You should make a video about Pla Kad Ka Pao too. Fish With the Thai holy basil.

มีถั่ว ไม่ใช่กะเพราแท้ กะเพราปลอมเกลียดจริงๆถั่ว หัวหอมใหญ่ พริกหยวกเนี่ย กะเพราแท้ต้องมีแค่พริกกะเทียมใบกะเพราเนื้อหมาแค่นั้น

So yummy preparation.👍🙏💕

Love it...instant sub😊

Thank you. I just followed this recipe and it is perfect. Unless you really love heat, I’d recommend 5 Birds Eye chillis but no less than that or else you won’t get the real flavour. Holy basil is difficult to grow here in the UK, so I used regular Thai basil of which I have a bumper crop this year. Thanks Pailin.

No offense but I don't trust Thai people when they tell me something "isn't very spicey"...😂

No Sound !!!

Hi Palin ,Can used sweet basil leave for this receipe?Thank you

The first argument I got into with my wife was over this. She put it with chili peppers in hot oil. I thought she was trying to kill me (it was like mace or pepper spray everywhere). It is delicious, but be warned, the chili-infused oil hurts to breathe (and one’s eyes).

ถั่วฝักยาวหัวหอมใหญ่ 🤨สูตรใหม่ใช่มั้ยครับ ?

I have a Holy Basil that is called Tulsi. I use it for tea. I was told there are many varieties of Holy Basil. Can I cook with this one? In the States they don’t tell you what variety they are selling.

Oh, man! I wish I had an outdoor kitchen!! And I wish I had all the ingredients to make this tonight, lol! I may have to improvise. It looks delish!!! 🥰

Yummy. I will make this today.

kopoon krab thank you

I try this recipe with minced pork. And it was really nice. I had this from the Thailand restaurant and I fell in love. I recommend her recipe. This is nice. I also bought basil from The flower shop. You must put basil in the recipe.❤

Weekly dish we now use. Thanks

I love mine with bamboo.

Hi Pai,

I'm Mini from Bali, Indonesia. Because of you I'm currently in the middle of process of opening a Thai restaurant here. I'm an Indonesian, don't have any experience of cooking other than from your channel, and now is trying many of your recipes, with trial and error 🤣 but I'm so excited!! I know I'm crazy but here I am while cooking also building and designing the restaurant myself! I'm also gonna go to a cooking academy in Thailand to take a private Thai cooking class.
And it's all because of you 🥹
Please pray for me everything is gonna be awesome!

Thank you! You're such an inspiration! ❤

Holy basil batman! That looks very tasty.

You remind me of mulan, and your recipes are amazing!

Fish sauce is sweet or salty taste

So cool to learn how to make it ! This was my aboslute favorite meal when I was in Thailand... Can't wait to cook it myself 😍

In India, Holy Basil is called Thulasi which is a medicinal plant to heal cold, cough, insect bites.😊

If Bangkok is home, why don’t you have an accent?
You sound here American.

your cooking looks just as beautiful as your smile.

"Holy" Basil is actually holy for us Hindus and it's disrespectful to mix it with meat. But i don't know how to react to this dish.

Nice recipe I drink holy basil tea.

Thank you so much for this recipe and thank you for sharing to us! I've made this dish so MANY times and it honestly blows my mind how good this is!

The soy sauce in one of the trinity thai sauce is light soy sayce or dark soy sauce?

Made your universal sauce, then made the pad cra pao, with the egg. So yummy!!! Then used the leftovers to make pad gra pao fried rice...I mean... why not? Amazing! I used korean peppers. Thanks so much. That sauce makes dinner so fast and easy.

Uncle Roger says outside kitchen is for everything. Indoor kitchen is for cooking for people you don't like.

You should specify what "dark Soy-sauce" is. It is actually called "kecap manis". In Europe "dark soy sauce" is just a richer version of light soy sauce.

When she is frying the chile-garlic paste, it seems that there is not enough oil... Is that normal for Thai cooking, or is she just stingy with the grease?

I am totally ignorant of the methods of Thai cooking; I've only ever had the real thing at a Thai friend's home one time, and it was much different than what I've had in any restaurants; much more spicy... I remember feeling like I had laser-beams coming out of my eyes! They asked me if I was used to eating spicy food, and I said 'yes; I grew up with Korean people', and they basically said, 'haha, well, Thai food is a little bit more spicier than that, but here you go, don't be embarrassed if it's too hot, you can have a banana if you need it.'

I freaking love this recipe! It’s been one of my lazy go to’s because it’s so easy if you prep ahead 😂

Thought I’d share; I did something different tonight! Instead of white rice I used wheat noodles and omg 😋 So so good tossed with the noo noos!

Thanks for the great tutorial video. So glad I found you...I LOVE Thai food! I made this tonight in my wok and it turned out great. Next is Basil fried rice. 🙂

Disgusting TOXIC VEGETABLE OIL YUUUUCKKKK !!!

Hello, I'm from Thailand 🇹🇭😘

Dear Pailin, I made a batch of red curry paste, it is the best looking and tasting I have ever managed to make, and I've made a lot of them. However, it had the most bitter aftertaste, I started adding salt and in the end it aaalmost went away. full disclaimer, I had to eyeball some of it as I don't have cups. here are my measurements:

12 Spur chillis → weight small scale 17 g AFTER depit → Soaked in water for 1 hour.
1-2 small strong chilils. → Left out for now
coarse salt 5 grams → Used 6 grams
White peppercorns 3 grams → Used 3 grams
Lemon grass 2 stalks → Only use the purple part → 10 grams. → Used 10 grams -> save not purple
Galangal 5 grams → Used 5,18 grams
Cilantro root 4 grams → Used 4,4 grams around 4 stalks
Lime zest → ½ a lime → 5 grams dried then soaked.
Shallot 35 gram → regular shallots→ Used 40 gram
Thai garlic 30 gram → Used 30 grams
Shrimp paste 3 grams

Went all in to be able to scale up. Hope you can see where I went wrong.

Will be making your green curry paste next. Love your channel! ❤️

So simple, definitely I'll buy all the ingredients and start to make my own instead of spending fortune on take aways

Can you write all the ingredients for the sauce which you put over your egg?

Just a question- what is the runny egg in Thai ? I know ไข่เจียว but not the one you mentioned. Thank you

Thank you Pailin . I followed exactly how you showed us and it turned out so delicious wow 🤩 thanks so much

For the soy sauce, is it 1.5 tbsp or 1.5 teaspoon?

When someone was coughing I said...yup that must be smelling real good and spicy.

How do you get the basil seeds?? I lived in America.

Holy basil...in India its Tulsi plant

This meal right here is the reason I'll probably spend a lot of time in Thailand. This is my American equivalent of pizza nd cheeseburgers.

I just preordered your new book, I love you and thank you. My family thanks you too❤