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Thai Pork with Basil

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Thai Pork with Basil

A fresh and fragrant dish.

 

Yield

4 servings

Prep

15 min

Cook

10 min

Ready

25 min
Trans-fat Free, Low Carb

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 pound pork loin
boneless, trimmed of all fat and sinew
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1 basil
bunch (2 cups leaves)
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4 scallions, spring or green onions
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3 tablespoons peanut oil
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2 cloves garlic
peeled and minced
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3 hot chili peppers
red or green, hot, thinly sliced, to taste (optional)
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2 teaspoons fish sauce
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2 teaspoons soy sauce, tamari
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1 teaspoon sugar
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¼ cup chicken broth
or water
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
453.6 g pork loin
boneless, trimmed of all fat and sinew
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1 each basil
bunch (2 cups leaves)
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4 each scallions, spring or green onions
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45 ml peanut oil
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2 cloves garlic
peeled and minced
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3 each hot chili peppers
red or green, hot, thinly sliced, to taste (optional)
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1E+1 ml fish sauce
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1E+1 ml soy sauce, tamari
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5 ml sugar
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59 ml chicken broth
or water
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Directions

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 and cook 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 and bring mixture to a boil.

Stir in the basil and cook for 20 seconds or 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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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 161g (5.7 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 40262% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 28g 43%
Saturated Fat 8g 41%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 94mg 31%
Sodium 245mg 10%
Total Carbohydrate 1g 1%
Dietary Fiber 1g 2%
Sugars g
Protein 65g
Vitamin A 3% Vitamin C 8%
Calcium 5% Iron 7%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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