Hoy Lai Pad Nam Prik Pow (Clams With Chili Paste And Basil)

• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 pounds small clams, thoroughly cleaned
• 3 tablespoons Nam Prik Pao (roasted chile paste)
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce (optional)
• 3 Chee Fah chiles (mild red chiles)
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 cup Bai Kraprao (holy basil leaves), or to taste

1. Heat a large heavy-bottomed pan or wok over high heat; add the oil and wait 1 minute more. Mix garlic into the hot oil and cook until it just turns golden brown, about 1 minute. Add clams and chile paste; stir until clams are coated.
2. Stir fish sauce, chiles, and sugar into clams; cook and stir until the clams have opened, 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Mix basil into clam mixture and cook until wilted, about 1 minute.

vegetable oil, garlic, clams, nam, fish sauce, chiles, white sugar, bai

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/246041/hoy-lai-pad-nam-prik-pow-clams-with-chili-paste-and-basil/ (may not work)