This recipe is only for the individual turkey meatloafs. They are easy, quick, and delicious to prepare. If you love spicy Thai Basil dishes from Thai Restaurants then you will enjoy this dish. I will tell you how I made the sauce and cured egg yolk too. I make a very concentrated spicy Thai Basil sauce. I used around 2/3 of the sauce to flavor the meatloafs. The remaining concentrated Thai Basil sauce went into a roasted squash that I pureed with a dash of honey and a little water to thin it down. You can take it further if you like by adding cream, coconut milk, butter, or stock if you like. Or maybe you might want to serve the meatloaf in a soup or with saucy noodles. Cured egg yolks are extra easy too but yolks take 4 days to cure so you need to start them in advance. Cured egg yolks are just 1/2 kosher salt and 1/2 sugar mixed together. You bury the egg yolk in the salt sugar mixture, refrigerate and wait for them to become ready.(around 4 days). The cured egg is whole but you have to grate it like cheese to use.

Ingredients for 6 servings

2 oz fresh Thai Basil leaves – rough chop – spicy Thai Basil sauce + extra basil leaves for garnish (holy basil would be first choice, Thai Basil second choice)

3 Thai chili peppers – stems removed – rough chopped – spicy basil sauce

3 garlic cloves – rough chopped – spicy basil sauce

2 shallots – rough chopped – spicy basil sauce

1 Tablespoon dark brown sugar – spicy basil sauce

1 Tablespoon Golden Mountain Soy Based Seasoning – spicy basil sauce

1 Tablespoon fish sauce – preferably Red Boat Brand – spicy basil sauce

1 Tablespoon pure honey – spicy basil sauce

1 Tablespoon water – spicy basil sauce

1 lb ground turkey (I used 85% lean today)

1/2 cup scallions – chopped

2 eggs – beaten

1 cup – cooked white rice (I used leftover take out rice that I froze and thawed)

1/2 cup spicy concentrated basil sauce

non stick spray

Directions

Set oven to 350 degrees F and spray a sheet pan with non stick spray. Put pan to the side.

Make the spicy basil sauce. Blend together the Thai Basil leaves, Thai Chili, garlic, shallots, brown sugar, Golden Mountain Seasoning, fish sauce, honey and water till smooth. Set to the side.

Mix together the meatloaf mixture. In a large mixing bowl mix together the turkey, eggs, scallions, rice, and 1/2 cup of basil sauce. Let sit at least 15 minutes. The mixture will be soft. Cut the mixture into thirds and cut each third in half so you have six portions. Form 6 meatloafs and space them apart a bit.

Put the meatloafs on the middle rack of a pre-heated 350 degree F oven till cooked threw (20 minutes).

Add a sauce if desired. Add basil leaves.

Enjoy!