Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow)

Method

1. 1Pound chillies and garlic in a mortar into a rough paste — texture, not smoothness.
2. 2Heat oil in a hot wok till smoking, add the paste and stir-fry 20 seconds.
3. 3Crumble in chicken finely chop, hit it on highest heat without moving for 30 seconds, then break and toss for 2 minutes.
4. 4Add shallot, oyster sauce, fish sauce, dark soy and palm sugar; toss 1 minute.
5. 5Splash in stock to coat with sticky liquid, kill the heat, then gently mix in holy basil till it just wilts.
6. 6Serve over jasmine rice with a fried egg, runny yolk — that's the move.