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Thai stir-fried minced Beef with Basil and Chilli

Thai stir-fried minced Beef with Basil and ChilliThis recipe IS NOT for the faint hearted!
 
Ingredients:-
 
For the sauce
 
35ml fish sauce
2 bird’s-eye chillies, finely sliced
1 garlic clove, very finely sliced
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tsp coriander, finely chopped
 
For the beef
 
6 red or green bird’s eye chillies (fewer if you want it less hot)
4 small garlic cloves
3 tbsp vegetable oil, plus more for deep-frying the eggs
200g good-quality, coarsely minced beef
good pinch of caster sugar
about 2 tbsp fish sauce
big handful of Thai basil  (or holy basil from specialist Asian shops)
2 large eggs
 
Method:-
 
(1) For the serving sauce, mix together the fish sauce, chillies and garlic and set aside for the flavours to meld.
(2) Meanwhile, for the beef, coarsely chop the chillies with the garlic and a pinch of salt.
(3) Heat about 10cm of oil in a saucepan (for the deep-fried eggs) while you cook the beef. 
(4) Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a wok then fry the garlic and chilli mixture, but don’t let it colour. Add the beef and stir-fry for a minute, until only just cooked. 
(5) Season to taste with the sugar and fish sauce but be careful not to make it too salty. Add 50ml water and gently simmer for a minute, but don’t let it boil or the meat will become tough. There should be enough liquid to make a bit of a sauce.
(6) Stir in the basil and remove from the heat.
(7) Fry your eggs. To deep-fry, have the oil really hot and crack in an egg so it’s submerged. Fry until the white is crispy and the yolk still runny. Drain well. 
(8) Add the lime and coriander  to the sauce and serve alongside the beef with Rice noodles and a fried egg on top of each dish.

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Cold Pork Kebabs

A while ago there was an on-line conversation about ‘misspent younger years’. My contribution was as follows….

“Well over 20 years ago I had been to a gig in the pub I frequented as two of the bands I had mates in were playing. It was a great night and I’d probably had a pint or two too many. On the way home I ambled into the local kebab shop. At some time after 3am I awoke in the alley by the kebab shop. Stood up, leaning against the wall and still clutching a very cold half eaten kebab!

So the local supermarket have a special offer on Pork at the moment. The joint we had was way too big for one meal for the two of us and the cat. The following day we decided to cut out a few bits & bobs from the 20+ year old gig….

(1) No kebab shop required.
(2) No stood up sleeping required.
Cold sliced Pork kebabs are actually pretty cool. Salad, cheese (I got for tubs on this cubed Cheese for 14p each – Yellow Sticker gig!) Mayonnaise, crackling. Gluten free Pitta Breads. A pretty tasty gig for next to nothing!
(3) No greasy cold Lamb required.

Cold sliced Pork kebabs are actually pretty cool. Salad, cheese (I got for tubs on this cubed Cheese for 14p each – Yellow Sticker gig!) Mayonnaise, crackling. Gluten free Pitta Breads. A pretty tasty gig for next to nothing!

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