Thai basil Pork/Chicken

I enjoy this meal. It is also really quick and easy to make, especially if you do your vegetable prep the night before. When I made this, I didn't have fresh basil, so I had to substitute for the frozen stuff and I didn't find it as good, so I do not recommend it.

Ingredients:

2 chicken breast or strips of pork
½ medium red and orange pepper, chopped

1 small onion, chopped

5 tbsp oil
1 tsp chopped garlic
6 fresh hot chillies, roughly chopped
2 Tbsp fish sauce
2 tsp sugar
2 tbsp soya sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
4 tbsp water
20 whole basil leaves
1 tsp cornstarch and 2 tbsp water 

Instructions:

1. Slice meat into strips – ¼ inch thick, 2 inches long & 1 inch wide. **I used already cut pork strips, it saves on prep time**

2. Heat oil in wok until just about to smoke, add garlic and chillies – stir fry for 30 seconds. 

3. Add chicken or pork and fry for 2 minutes. 

4. In a bowl, combine fish sauce, sugar and soya sauce. Add to the wok and stir-fry for 1 minute. 

5. In a bowl, combine oyster sauce and water. Add to the wok and cook for 30 seconds. 

6. Add peppers, onions and ¾ of basil leaves to the wok. Fry for approx 2 minutes until begin to soften. 

7. Dissolve cornstarch in water and add to the wok. Stir fry until it thickens thicken. 

Place on top bed of jasmine rice … and top with remaining basil leaves.