Thai Basil Beef Recipe -How to make Thai Basil Beef

Thai Basil Beef

Servings: 2
Ingredients:

4 tb Peanut oil

3 Gloves garlic, peeled and

-finely chopped

3 Jalapeno peppers, seeded and

-sliced (yes, really 3!)

1 lg Green bell pepper, thinly

-sliced.

1 lb Beef steak, thinly sliced

-across the grain

2 tb Thai fish sauce (nam pla or

-nuoc mam, available in

-oriental markets)

1 tb Soy sauce

1 ts Sugar

1/4 ts Ground white pepper

1/2 c Chopped fresh basil *
Instructions:

* (1 Tbl dried basil is a weak substitute, but will work) Heat wok and add the
oil and garlic. Chow for a very brief moment. Then add the peppers, chow for
a few minutes. Next add meat. Chow again for just a couple of minutes so that
the meat sears to medium rare. Quickly add the remaining ingredients and toss
for a moment. Serve with thin noodles or rice. 2 generous serving. Adapted from
"The Frugal Gourmet on our Immigrant Ancestors" by Jeff Smith. Courtesy
of Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md.