1 pound Pork tenderloin, trimmed
2 cups Sweet Basil leaves
4 Scallions
3 Tablespoon Peanut oil
2 Cloves garlic
2 - 3 hot red or green chiles, thinly sliced
2 Teaspoon Fish sauce
2 Teaspoon Soy sauce
1 Tablespoon Sugar
¼ cup Chicken stock or water
Preparation
- Thinly slice the pork across the grain.
- Wash, dry and stem the basil.
- Mince the white part of the scallion.
- Cut the green part into 1 inch pieces.
- Heat the wok over a high flame.
- Swirl in the oil and heat almost to smoking.
- Add the garlic, chilies and white part of scallions.
- Cook them for 10 seconds.
- Add the pork and stir fry for 1 minute.
- Add the fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, stock and green part of scallions
- Bring mixture to a boil.
- Stir in the basil and cook until the leaves are wilted and the pork is cooked.
- The dish is supposed to be soupy.
- Serve at once with rice or noodles.
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