Thai Basil Garlic Beef Bowl

Journey to Thailand with this savory Thai Basil Garlic Beef Bowl, featuring ground beef, fragrant garlic, Thai chiles, jasmine rice, fresh basil, and a bright squeeze of lime. It’s fast, aromatic, and packed with sweet, salty, spicy flavor.

Ingredients

For the Beef

• Ground beef

• Garlic

• Thai chiles

• Soy sauce

• Oyster sauce

• Brown sugar

• Lime juice

• Thai basil leaves

• Oil

For the Bowl

• Jasmine rice

• Red bell pepper

• Lime wedges

Instructions

1. Cook the jasmine rice according to package directions and set aside.

2. Heat oil in a large skillet.

3. Add the garlic and Thai chile and cook until fragrant.

4. Add the ground beef and cook until browned.

5. Stir in the soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, and lime juice.

6. Cook until the sauce coats the beef.

7. Add the Thai basil at the very end and cook just until wilted.

8. Serve over jasmine rice with thinly sliced red bell pepper and a lime wedge.

Fiji Craft Flight Notes

Thai cooking is famous for balancing salty, sweet, spicy, sour, and aromatic flavors in the same dish.

Fresh Thai basil gives this bowl its distinctive fragrance, while garlic, chile, soy sauce, and lime keep the beef bold and lively.

For this Fiji Craft flight to Thailand, we kept things simple with a ground beef basil bowl served over jasmine rice.

And NO fish sauce. The Church of Pabloism remains undefeated.

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