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Thai Basil Chicken

Serves 4

Ingredients:

  • 3 tbsp cooking oil
  • 400 gm of chicken, boneless & skinless
  • 4 cloves of garlic, sliced
  • 2 to 3 fresh red chilies, sliced & seeded
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce*
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp dark soy sauce
  • 2 tsp fish sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1.5 cup of thai basil leaves, loosely packed

Serving suggestions:

  • steamed jasmine rice
  • fried eggs

Directions:

  1. Add garlic and chilies into a large mortar and pestle. Pound until it forms a grainy paste. Set aside.
  2. In a bowl, add all the sauces. Stir to combine and set aside.
  3. I didn’t buy minced chicken. So, I just added chicken pieces into a food processor and coarsely pulsed for a few seconds.
  4. Heat a large wok or non-stick pan on medium. Once heated, add oil and quickly add chili garlic paste.
  5. Fry until paste is fragrant, between 1 to 2 minutes. Avoid burning this paste. Burnt garlic is ewww.
  6. Increase heat to medium-high, add minced chicken and stir fry for 2 minutes. Keep stir frying while adding the sauce mix.
  7. Increase the heat to high and stir fry for 2 more minutes. Add thai basil and stir fry for 20 seconds before removing the wok from heat.
  8. Serve immediately on a bed of freshly steamed jasmine rice and fried eggs. Enjoy!

*note: adjust seasonings accordingly. each sauces have certain amount of sodium.

 

Thai Basil Chicken | @KiranTarun http://kirantarun.com/food
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Or I’ll just have lunch.

Priorities.

Have you tried Thai basil?