Check out the recipe:  https://www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/257938/Spicy-Thai-Basil-Chicken-Pad-Krapow-Gai/

I finally caved and Googled it. The hole is for stirring things, so liquids pass through and provide less resistance, similar to a slotted spoon. It's also good for fishing out poached eggs without getting a ton of the poaching liquid.

"Add some chiken broth. Or if times are tough, just use water".
Lol, yeah. Times are tough, so I ain't got no chiken broth. That oyster sauce and and asian fish sauce, though, I am swiming in those.

as a Thai it's interesting to see chef John's take on Pad Krapow. this is not wrong just a bit different from how I normally make

how I make Pad Krapow
1. pow garlic and chili peppers in a mortar
2. pull of holy basil leaves. no slice
3. put vegetable oil in pan stir fry garlic chili paste
4. chicken in (chopped or small slices) stir fry
5. season with fish sauce (or soy sauce and oyster sauce) to your taste
6. holy basil in and fry until dark green

I am a Thai, and this is a pretty accurate rendition of the common one. Even though you do not need to complicate it by using double salty agent (just fish sauce is enough) and double sugar (brown is enough). This dish is the king of Thai streetfood! It's like 40 baht (around 1 USD) and can be found everywhere. It is almost as if Thai national dish haha Nice work chef! I love this channel!

In Thailand, we use the whole leaf of Thai basil and... like 2 or 3 times more, but it depend of the preference. By the way a nice way to eat this is with rice and crispy sunny side-up fried eggs (the one that most western chefs think are overcooked eggs). The way to make crispy sunny side-up fried eggs is to use hot pan and a lot of oil. Hope this helps.

Never watch these videos while hungry. Excessive amounts of saliva will be produced.

This chicken would be perfect for some lettuce wraps!!!

making this now for dinner, will report back for results

Chef John must've sensed I was watching one of those flashy excrutiatingly fast Gordon Ramsay videos  that consist of weird camera angles, cuts each 2 or 3 seconds, and like 3 words from Gordon, because I needed Chef John's chill attitude to be able to come down from that

Chef John I know you're here so if you don't reply I'm going to cut my medium rare beef tenderloin without letting it rest for 15 minutes after cooking.

I had a dream your licence plate was "CAYENNE".

"roll it up nice and tight like a cigar" heh... I think we ALL know where you got your rolling skills Chef John
rolling up crepes of course!

Chef John! just wanna throw it out there that if you add green beans this will taste very very good!

source: Im Thai : )

As a Thai-American living in Thailand I can confirm the legitimate awesomeness of your take on this classic Thai "fast food" dish. And yes fried egg is almost mandatory :)

I'm starting to speak like Chef John when I'm on bar at Starbucks...I feel fine about this. And you should have read this is his voice.

You are the Marty McFly of your Spicy Thai of your Charles Dickens of your Basil Chickens.

"Holy Basil Batman!" Best line so far Chef!!

I don't live in Thai.However, In my country whenever people mention Basil,we mean Thai basil.Thai basil is so much intenser than regular basil.Great video Chef John<3

This is my favourite Thai dish of all time, and yes, the fried egg is essential. Don't leave it out!