Spicy stir-fried shrimp (Pad Khi Mao Goong)

Spicy stir-fried shrimp (Pad Khi Mao Goong)

Ingredients

1 Ib. shrimps
¼ cup holy basil tips
1 tsp. sugar
2 tbsp. fish sauce
3 tbsp. vegetable oil

Ingredients for chile paste

6 long hot peppers
5 shallots
10 garlic cloves
½ tsp. shrimp paste

Method
1 Using a mortar and pestle, grind ingredients for chili paste until mixed well.
2 Shell the shrimps, but leave the tail fins attached, remove the heads.
3 Wash the basil.
4 Put the oil into a wok over medium heat, add the chili paste, and stir fry until fragrant, then, add the shrimps and continue stir frying until they are cooked.
Season with fish sauec and sugar, mix well. Add the basil, stir to mix, and then dip out onto a serving platter.