Thai Basil Leaves with Shrimp

Here’s a recipe for the famous Thai Basil Shrimp dish you can now make at home without going to an Asian supermarket.   This dish will wow your taste buds with a little sweet and spice and, at the same time, give you the distinctive herbal flavor of the basil.

 Ingredients:

• Shrimp (1 lb. with no skin)
• Basil Leaves (3 cups)
• Carrot (2 pieces, thinly sliced)
• Green Pepper (1, thinly sliced into strips)
• Onion (1, thinly sliced)
• Garlic (3 cloves, minced)

For the sauce:

• Soy Sauce (3 tablespoons)
• Brown Sugar (3 teaspoons)
• Water (3 tablespoons)
• Red Pepper Flakes (1 teaspoon)

Vegetables you will need:

Sauce Condiments:

Instructions:

1) Slice your carrots, green pepper, and onion into thin strips.  Mince your garlic.

2) Roughly chop your basil leaves.

3) Prepare the sauce:  in a small bowl, add soy sauce and brown sugar and mix until all the sugar dissolves into the soy sauce.  Then add water and red pepper flakes.

4) In a large hot skillet, add vegetable oil and garlic.  Sautee garlic for 30 seconds.

5) Add carrot and sautee for 1 minute.  Add green bell pepper and sautee for 1 minute.  Add white onion and sautee until it is slightly translucent about 2 minutes.  Add most of your basil leaves (leave some aside for the end).

6) Add sauce and shrimp.

7) Place lid for 2-3 minutes, so shrimp can cook inside. Finish cooking without lid on.

8) Turn off flame and add rest of your basil leaves.

Serve over rice. Serves: 4-6