Sweet and Spicy Beef with Basil

I had this for dinner yesterday. Its an easy, easy, dish that my mom makes. You can add as much dried peppers as you want because the sweet oyster sauce will balance it out. I only added 2 becuase my boyfriend was going to eat it with me. Otherwise, there would have been ten! hehe.

The measurements are not exact. It just an estimate because this is a real super easy recipe, you cant go wrong. Just dont add any salt to the beef as you are stir frying because the oyster sauce is already salty. You can basically use any kind of beef and meat will remain tender because you are cooking it just until you see a pink color. However, I've noticed that using the more pricier cuts makes the meat a lot more juicer.

• A handful of steak, cut thin and long.


• two handful of thai basil


• a couple of dried red peppers, broken


• one minced clove of garlic


• 1 tbsp of oyster sauce


• olive oil for stir frying
  
  
  

This the thai oyster sauce that my mom mostly use. I'm not too sure if there is a real difference between all the other brands.

1. Cut the basil leaves in half with your hands

2. Heat a pan with oil on high heat

3. Once hot, add the beef and let it cook until nicely brown on one side, DO NOT STIR

4. lower the heat and stir to cook the other sides of the meat

5. By this time the beef should already be pink

6. Add the garlic and the peppers

7. Once fragrant, add the oyster sauce and remove from heat

8. Add the basil and let the heat of the meat cook the basil until wilted

9. Serve hot with rice