Ingredients

• 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 Chees Fah chiles , mild red chiles
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 cup Bai Kraprao , holy basil leaves

Instructions

1. 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. 2 Stir fish sauce, chiles, and sugar into clams; cook and stir until the clams have opened, 5 to 10 minutes.
3. 3 Mix basil into clam mixture and cook until wilted, about 1 minute.

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