Pad Bai Kra Prao Tofu and Shrimp with Crispy Basil

This is a healthy menu because we use Phad Kra Prao recipe and serve it on pan-fried tofu.

This is a spicy menu but delicious. You can use less chilli if you want it milder.

Ingredients:

3 tb.sp. vegetable oil (I use soya oil)

1 tb.sp. garlic

2 1/2 tb.sp. chilli (mixed of red and green)

100 g minced pork

8 shrimps

2 egg tofu (can be any kinds of tofu but egg tofu is nice and soft, you can use 2 tubes of tofu)

3 mushrooms

4 baby corns

2 tb.sp. fish sauce

2 tb.sp. oyster sauce

1/2 cup chicken soup

1 tb.sp. Chilli paste (Nam-Prik-Pao)

1 t.sp. white sugar

1 cup fresh basil leaves (Bai-Kra-Prao : half is used fresh and the other half for deep fried as topping)

Cooking:

- Deep fry 1/2 cup of basil leaves until crisp, rest on towl to reduce some oil

- Heat vegetable oil in the pan

- Cut tofu in 1" size, fry on the pan until light brown, place on the dish

- Add more vetable oil in the pan

- Add chilli and garlic, stir until light brown

- Add shrimps and minced pork, stir until cooked

- Add fish sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and chicken soup

- Once boiled, add mushrooms and baby corns then the rest of fresh basil leaves

- Serve on the tofu and top with crisp basil leaves