Pork and Thai Basil Stir-Fry

🥘 Ingredients

• baby bok choy
  1 lb
• fish sauce
  1½ tsp
• garlic
  4 cloves
• ground pork
  1 lb
• lime
  1 unit
• microwaveable jasmine rice
  2 packets
• shallot
  1 unit
• soy sauce
  1 tbsp
• sriracha
  ½ tsp
• sugar
  1½ tsp
• thai basil
  1 c
• vegetable oil
  1 tbsp
• water
  1 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

• large pan
• small bowl

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. Mince garlic . Halve lime and cut one half into wedges. Trim and discard bottom root ends from baby bok choy , then thinly slice stalks and leaves crosswise. Halve, peel, and thinly slice shallot . Pick thai basil leaves from stems and roughly chop half.

   garlic: 4 cloves, lime: 1 unit, baby bok choy: 1 lb, shallot: 1 unit, thai basil: 1 c
2. 

   2

   Heat a drizzle of vegetable oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add shallot and cook, tossing, until softened, ⏱️ 3 minutes . Add ground pork , breaking it up into pieces and spreading it out in a layer. Cook without stirring until browned on bottom, ⏱️ 4 minutes . Toss in all but a pinch of garlic. Cook until fragrant and pork is cooked through, ⏱️ 1 minute more.

   vegetable oil: 1 tbsp, ground pork: 1 lb
3. 

   3

   Meanwhile, stir together water and sugar in a small bowl . Warm in microwave until sugar dissolves, ⏱️ 30 seconds . Stir in remaining garlic, a squeeze of lime, fish sauce , and sriracha (use to taste). Set aside.

   water: 1 tbsp, sugar: 1½ tsp, fish sauce: 1½ tsp, sriracha: ½ tsp
4. 

   4

   Add bok choy and soy sauce to pan with pork. Cook, tossing, until bok choy is tender, ⏱️ 3 minutes . Meanwhile, break up microwaveable jasmine rice by massaging packet with your hands. Cook in microwave according to package instructions.

   soy sauce: 1 tbsp, microwaveable jasmine rice: 2 packets
5. 

   5

   Stir chopped basil and a squeeze of lime into pan. Season with more lime and soy sauce to taste.
6. 

   6

   Divide rice between plates and top with stir-fry. Scatter remaining basil leaves over. Drizzle with sauce and remaining sriracha to taste. Serve with lime wedges to the side.