It is one of Max’s recent favourites. The classic dish often comes with a fried egg if you want to boost your protein intake. You can also swap pork for chicken or seafood if you wish.

Ingredients

• 500g pork mince or pork fillet (thinly sliced);
• 150-200g green beans, trimmed;
• 1 large (or 2 small) red capsicum, halved, seeded, thinly sliced;
• 1 large shallot, finely chopped;
• 2 fresh red chillies, halved, seeded, finely shopped;
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped;
• 25g fresh Thai basil leaves;
• 2 tbsp oyster sauce;
• 1 tbsp fish sauce;
• 400g (~100g per person) steamed Jasmine fragrant (or Basmati) rice to serve;

Step by step

• Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a large pan (ideally a wok).
• Stir-fry the green beans and bell pepper for 3-4 minutes. Remove to a plate.
• Stir-fry the shallot, chilli and garlic finely chopped (I tend to use my food processor when possible).
• Add the pork (make sure to break the mince up with a wooden spoon);
• When the pork is well cooked add the beans, red pepper, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and basil leaves. Stir well for a minute. If the mixture is dry you can add a couple of tbsp of water;
• Serve with rice;

  Your shopping basket

• 500g pork mince – £3.19
• 200g green beans, trimmed – £1.60
• 2 red capsicums – &1.55
• 300g shallot – £1.20
• 25g  Thai basil leaves – £1.00
• 25g long fresh red chillies – £0.67
• 1 large garlic – £0.50
• 500g rice – £2.59
• Total basket £12.30 | Cost of ingredients (4 servings) £10.28 | Per serving £3.01