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Serves: 4 servings
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 red Thai chiles
• 2 tablespoons lard or soybean oil
• 8 ounces beef sirloin, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon pickled green peppercorns
• 1 green Thai chile, crushed
• One 2-inch piece galangal, peeled and julienned
• ½ long green chile, thinly sliced into rings
• ½ long red chile, thinly sliced into rings
• 2 ounces (⅓ cup) long beans, cut into 1½-inch batons
• ½ cup sliced baby corn
• ½ yellow onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce, plus more to taste
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 6 tablespoons beef stock
• ½ cup holy basil leaves
• 1 teaspoon Lao Khao or any neutral rice liquor

Directions

1. Using a mortar and pestle, crush the garlic and red Thai chiles into a paste.
2. In a large wok, heat the lard over medium-high heat. Add the chile paste and the beef, and stir-fry until fragrant and golden, 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Add the pickled green peppercorns, green Thai chile, galangal, long green chile and long red chile, then stir-fry until fragrant, 1 minute.
4. Add the long beans, baby corn and onions, and cook until the vegetables are tender, 3 to 4 minutes.
5. Stir in the sauces and sugar, followed by the beef stock. Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat and stir in the basil leaves and Lao Kho.
6. Adjust the seasoning with fish sauce, then divide between plates and serve.