Thai Basil Beef.

You can cook Thai Basil Beef using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Thai Basil Beef

1. You need 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
2. It's 1 of onion sliced.
3. You need 6 of gloves garlic chopped.
4. It's 1 inch of ginger minced.
5. Prepare 1 of red pepper sliced.
6. Prepare 1 pound of lean ground beef.
7. You need 1 cup of Thai basil leaves chopped.
8. It's 3 of scallions chopped.
9. It's of Ingredients for sauce.
10. It's 2 teaspoons of brown sugar.
11. It's 2 tablespoons of fish sauce.
12. It's 6 tablespoons of soy sauce.
13. It's 3 tablespoons of oyster sauce.
14. It's 1/2 cup of water.
15. You need 1 tablespoon of chili paste (optional).
16. It's 1 teaspoon of corn starch.

Thai Basil Beef step by step

1. Mix ingredients for sauce and set aside.
2. Add oil to wok or large pan over medium high heat.
3. When oil is hot, add garlic, ginger, red pepper, and onion. Stir fry for 4 min.
4. Turn stove to high heat and add ground beef. Break beef into small pieces.
5. When beef is no longer pink, stir in sauce and cook for 2 minutes.
6. Add the basil and stir fry until the basil wilts..
7. Top with scallions and enjoy over short grain white rice!.