Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Thai Basil Beef

Thai Basil Beef.

You can cook Thai Basil Beef using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Thai Basil Beef

1. Prepare 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
2. You need 1 of onion sliced.
3. You need 6 of gloves garlic chopped.
4. Prepare 1 inch of ginger minced.
5. You need 1 of red pepper sliced.
6. It's 1 pound of lean ground beef.
7. Prepare 1 cup of Thai basil leaves chopped.
8. It's 3 of scallions chopped.
9. You need of Ingredients for sauce.
10. It's 2 teaspoons of brown sugar.
11. It's 2 tablespoons of fish sauce.
12. Prepare 6 tablespoons of soy sauce.
13. It's 3 tablespoons of oyster sauce.
14. You need 1/2 cup of water.
15. Prepare 1 tablespoon of chili paste (optional).
16. You need 1 teaspoon of corn starch.

Thai Basil Beef step by step

1. Mix ingredients for sauce and set aside.
2. Add oil to wok or large pan over medium high heat.
3. When oil is hot, add garlic, ginger, red pepper, and onion. Stir fry for 4 min.
4. Turn stove to high heat and add ground beef. Break beef into small pieces.
5. When beef is no longer pink, stir in sauce and cook for 2 minutes.
6. Add the basil and stir fry until the basil wilts..
7. Top with scallions and enjoy over short grain white rice!.