Helpful HOs! I wanna use up a buncha ground pork in the fridge, and what better way than to make pad kra pao moo?
I know many of you have made it, so I appreciate any input! 
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I usually use a recipe from Simple Thai Food by Leela Punyaratabandhu, who also runs shesimmers.com where the recipe can be found:
https://shesimmers.com/2012/05/pad-ka-prao-ผัดกะเพรา.html
I make it pretty often and make batches of the garlic/Thai bird’s eye chili/shallot mixture to freeze in bundles.
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Thank you so much for chiming in! Pretty sure pictures of your pad kra pao were somewhere lodged in my brain & triggered this craving 
Meanwhile, I’d done my own rEsEaRcH 
and landed on this WoL recipe, which looks pretty similar.
Ima amp up the meatiness by adding a finely diced 1/2 a king oyster mushroom that’s been lingering in the fridge to the mix.
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I have used the WoL recipe. I haven’t made it a lot, but I enjoyed it. Can you find Holy Basil? I wonder if it’s seasonal.
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Nope, unfortunately just yer run-of the-mill Thai basil.
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I was going to say, @Mr_Happy, your Pad Kra Pao always looks amazing.
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Thanks! It’s very easy to make, the hardest part is probably finding the kra pao / holy basil. I’ve found it fresh sometimes locally but also in frozen cube form at local markets, and I usually keep a box of those in the freezer.
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Finding the holy basil has always been difficult for me. There is one place in London that always has it but I don’t live in London anymore. I have tried the frozen stuff but I wasn’t too impressed with it. I’m thinking of trying to grow it.
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They are all fairly similar. Here’s one to consider for next time (you can swap in pork for the beef she calls for). There’s also some larb recipes on her site:
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Very easy to grow! Some nurseries sell the little plants so you don’t even need to start with the seeds. The seeds can be found online if your local nursery doesn’t sell the seeds or plants.
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Yeah, I noticed that when I was looking around at recipes. i’m tickled by the variety in garlic and bird pepper amounts.
The recipe you posted also includes making prik nam pla, which would’ve been nice. I love all Thai condiments
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Yes! It also gives instructions for a crispy, yet runny egg, which is also wonderful with this.
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Mine didn’t get crispy, and my PIC’s yolk was overdone 
's ok. Room for improvement isn’t a bad thing.
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@Phoenikia Good to know, it’s easy to grow,as I’m not the most green fingered of prople.
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