Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil peanut
  • 3 each garlic cloves
  • 1 each green bell peppers
  • 3 each jalapeno pepper or other spicy pepper such as banana peppers or thai chilies if you can find them
  • 1 pound beef steak
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce Thai, optional
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce, tamari
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon white pepper ground
  • 1/2 cup basil fresh, chopped, Thai or purple basil if possible

Method

  • Prep:
  • Peel and finely chop your garlic.
  • Seed the peppers and remove the membrane (the membrane contains little flavor and too much moisture) and cut into fine slices.
  • Pre-heat your wok or large skillet very hot.
  • Cook in 10 minutes:
  • Add the oil, allow to heat until shimmering.
  • Add the garlic, stir (5 to 10 seconds) then add the peppers.
  • Stir quickly and constantly for 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Add the thinly sliced beef.
  • Continue stir-frying for several minutes searing the beef strips to a medium-rare or your desired level of doneness.
  • Too long and it will dry out.
  • Turn off the burner on your stove.
  • Add the soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and white (or black) pepper.
  • Toss together and then remove from heat.
  • Serve immediately with rice or noodles (which of course you prepared ahead of time).
  • Egg noodles work, rice or thin noodles would be more traditionally Thai.