Thai Basil Beef

This recipe it super simple! You pretty much just cook the beef, shallots, garlic and peppers
before seasoning with the perfect balance of salty fish sauce, sweet palm sugar, spicy chilies and sour limes before adding all of that fresh basil! All said and done this recipe takes less time to make than it takes to cook the rice so you have a complete meal in 20 minutes!

Thai Basil Beef

A quick, easy and tasty Thai style beef with plenty of fresh basil!

ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 2 shallots, diced
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 birds eye chilies, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce (or soy sauce or tamari)
• 1 tablespoon palm sugar (or brown sugar)
• 1 lime, juice and zest
• 1 cup basil (preferably Thai basil)
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced

directions

1. Cook the ground beef and onions in a large pan over medium-high heat until the meat is cooked, about 10 minutes.
2. Add the red pepper, garlic and chilies and cook until fragrant, about 2-3 minutes.
3. Add the fish sauce, sugar, lime and basil and cook until the basil just starts to wilt, about a minute. (Taste test and adjust to make sure that the balance of salty, sweet and sour is just the way you like it!)
4. Enjoy garnished with green onions!

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