Recipe - Thai Basil Fried Rice

Thai Basil Fried Rice

INGREDIENTS

2 cups - Cold, cooked rice
1-2 tbsp - Garlic (minced)
1-3 tsp - Fresh red chilies (finely chopped)
3/4 cup – Chopped red, green, and yellow peppers
2 tbsp – Chopped onion
2 tbsp - Light soy sauce
1/2 tsp - black pepper
50 gm - Chopped chicken or pork or beef or shrimp
2 tbsp - Peanut oil
1 handful - Thai basil leaves
(Feel free to add more veggies or different combinations of meats and veggies to this dish. It's very flexible.)

DIRECTIONS

Heat a wok till the surface is almost smoking. Then add the oil and spread it around till it coats the surface evenly.
Temporarily move the wok off the heat and the add the garlic and chillies, then stir for about 10 seconds.
Then add the peppers, onion, and shrimp or meat.
Move the wok back to the high heat, add two pinches each of salt and pepper and toss around for another 30 seconds.
Add the rice to the pan, crumbling any big pieces to ensure they're all separate.
Toss the rice and the veggies well and keep stirring for another minute or two so that the rice grains are properly coated with the oil.
Then add the light soy sauce.
Stir the mixture around again for another minute. Then add the basil leaves into the rice.
Stir the rice and basil mixture in the wok for another minute, then take it off the heat and serve.