Basil Clam Clay Pot
This Chinese recipe for Clam Pot with Basil features clams, sliced ginger, red pepper, and basil.
Ingredients
clam
500 g
sliced ginger
to taste
red chili
to taste
basil leaves
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Wash the ginger, slice it, and set aside.
2
Step 2
Pick basil leaves, wash them, cut the red chili into sections, and set aside.
3
Step 3
Soak clams in salt water to allow them to expel sand, then rinse clean and set aside.
4
Step 4
In a bowl, add a little oyster sauce, salt, chicken bouillon, light soy sauce, a small amount of starch water, mix well, and set aside.
5
Step 5
Heat oil in a clay pot, then sauté sliced ginger until fragrant.
6
Step 6
Add clams.
7
Step 7
Pour the mixed seasoning liquid over the clams.
8
Step 8
Cover with the lid and simmer for a while.
9
Step 9
Simmer until the clams open, then add the red chili sections.
10
Step 10
Add basil leaves, then turn off the heat.
11
Step 11
Finished dish.
12
Step 12
Finished dish.