Pork Pad Kra Pao - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon thai chili paste
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 lb pork, coarsely ground
1 1/2 cups thai hot basil leaves, rinsed and drained
1/2 onion, coarsely chopped
3 garlic cloves, sliced
1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce
3 Thai red chili peppers, seeded and cut into 1 inch pieces

Preparation

To a hot wok add the chili paste and hear until the chili paste is fragrant and tiny beads of oil appear on it. Add the oil.
Put the ground pork into the wok and cook, mixing the chili paste into the meat as well as possible, breaking up the meat and stirring frequently.
When the pork is about half done add the onions, chilies and garlic. Cook until onions are translucent and pork is fully cooked. Add the fish sauce.
Add the kra pao leaves and continue heating and stirring until the leaves are wilted.