Tip into a hot serving dish and sprinkle over the Thai basil to serve. The beef can be marinated up to 2 hours ahead. The stir fry itself is best made and served straight away. Not suitable for ...

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Using Thai basil in this chicken stir-fry adds amazing aroma and flavor to the dish. Thai basil has a savory, anise-like flavor which is completely different from the Italian basil (used in pesto).

Cook’s tip: Pork shoulder steaks, thinly sliced across the grain, would be ideal in this recipe. You could use red curry paste instead of Thai ... stir fry and scatter over the remaining basil.

Stir in the holy basil leaves, then turn off the flame under the wok. Heat the remaining oil in a small skillet and when it's hot, fry the eggs one at a time until they're crisp at the edges ...

Rice noodles, aka rice sticks, come in different widths; for this dish, get the ones that are about 2mm (less than ⅛in) wide, which are sometimes labelled pad thai noodles.