6 thai pork basil recipes

Thai pork with basil stir fries thinly sliced pork loin with garlic, chilies, and a full bunch of fresh basil in a soupy fish sauce broth. Ready in 25 minutes over rice or noodles.

Ginger-spiked pork meatballs browned until golden, then simmered in curried coconut milk sauce and served on crisp lettuce with fresh basil and lemon zest. A Thai twist on the Chinese classic.

Thai-style stir-fried eggplant with ground pork, garlic, green chili, fish sauce, and fresh basil. Fast, punchy weeknight wok cooking in under 20 minutes.

Thai-style red curry pork stir-fry with green beans, mushrooms, red pepper, and fresh basil. A quick weeknight wok dinner with fish sauce and red curry paste.

Homemade Pad Thai with chicken or pork, shrimp, rice noodles, and a tangy fish sauce with tomato paste and dried shrimp. Topped with crispy fried basil, peanuts, and bean sprouts.

Thai jungle curry (kaeng paa) is the fiery, coconut-free curry, a brothy, herbaceous bowl of pork, eggplant, and long beans simmered with curry paste, kaffir lime, and basil. Light, intense, and ready fast.