Thai Basil Beef with Fried Eggs
- Serves
- 4 servings
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Cost
- $14.00
- Nutrition
- 630 cal · 47g protein
- quick
- skillet
- high-protein
- budget
🍳 1 pan · Picky-eater safe bet: plain rice
Thai Basil Beef with Fried Eggs is a Asian weeknight dinner that serves 4 and is on the table in about 25 minutes, for around $14 in groceries. You'll need 1 pan, and the 11 ingredients below are everyday supermarket items. Cooking for a picky eater? Plain rice works on its own for the one who won't try the rest. Add it to your week and the whole grocery list lands in your Instacart cart in one tap.
Goes with: Cucumber salad (5 min)
Contains: Eggs · Gluten · Soy · Fish · Shellfish— based on the ingredients; brands vary, so check labels.
Cookware you'll need
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- 12-inch nonstick skilletDon't have one? Amazon →
- Carbon-steel wokDon't have one? Amazon →
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Ingredients
- 1½ lb 90% lean ground beef
- 1 bunch fresh Thai basil
- 5 cloves garlic
- 2 count Thai chilies
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 4 count eggs
- 1½ cups jasmine rice
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Steps
- Cook the rice. Mince garlic and chilies (use just one chili, or none, for kids).
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok over high heat. Stir-fry garlic and chilies 30 seconds, then add beef and cook 6-7 minutes, breaking it up, until browned with crispy bits and no pink inside (160°F). Drain any extra fat.
- Stir in oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce and sugar and cook 1 minute.
- Turn off the heat and fold in a big handful of basil leaves until wilted.
- Heat the other 1 tbsp oil in a separate pan. Fry eggs until the edges are crispy and the whites and yolks are set (160°F). Serve beef over rice with an egg on top.
- Picky eater tip: serve plain rice with a plain egg and a spoonful of beef, with no chili or basil.
- Make ahead: mince the garlic and chilies and cook the rice up to a day ahead; store covered in the fridge.
On the side: Cucumber salad (5 min)
2 cucumbers, 1 bottle rice vinegar
- Thinly slice the cucumbers. Toss with a splash of rice vinegar, a pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt.
Nutrition per serving
- Protein
- 47 g
- Carbohydrates
- 49 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Fat
- 23 g
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
- Sodium
- 1,020 mg
Estimated from the ingredients and amounts in this recipe; brands and portions vary. Not medical or dietary advice.
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