Thai basil chicken. Thai Basil Chicken is a gold standard Thai chicken recipe that's incredibly fast and easy to make I LOVE Thai Basil Chicken. This simple Thai Basil Chicken, known as Pad Grapow, is insanely quick and inexpensive to make. This recipe is always a big hit with the family!
And it isn't one of those rush jobs either. Thai Basil Chicken - super easy and authentic recipe made with ground chicken, Thai basil and chilies. It's so quick to whip up, budget-friendly, and SO GOOD! You can cook Thai basil chicken using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Thai basil chicken
- 🢂 1 lb of chicken breast, chopped.
- 🢂 1 cup of basil.
- 🢂 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
- 🢂 1/3 cup of chicken broth.
- 🢂 1 tbsp of oyster sauce.
- 🢂 1 tbsp of soy sauce.
- 🢂 2 tsp of fish sauce.
- 🢂 1 tsp of white sugar.
- 🢂 1 tsp of brown sugar.
- 🢂 1/2 tsp of chili pepper flakes.
- 🢂 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
- 🢂 2 cups of cooked rice.
- 🢂 2 of eggs.
Crispy Basil Fried Rice: Fried rice prepared in a wok with chicken, jasmine rice, Thai basil, garlic, red pepper, onion, and seasonings. Grown throughout Southeast Asia, Thai basil is - no surprise here - used quite predominantly in Thailand, as well as in Vietnam. Basil chicken is typically seasoned with a combination of Thai dark soy sauce and oyster sauce. It should be noted that Thai dark soy sauce is quite different from Japanese or Korean dark soy sauce.
step by step Thai basil chicken
- Chop chicken into smaller than bite sized pieces. Mix in a bowl with a bit of soy sauce, rice wine vinegar and cornstarch. Leave for 15-20 min in the fridge..
- Stack 4-5 leaves of basil on top of each other, roll and slice into shreds..
- Whisk chicken broth, oyster sauce, fish sauce, soy sauce and sugar in a small bowl until well blended..
- Heat large skillet over high heat. Drizzle in oil. Add chicken and stir fry. Stir in garlic and red pepper flakes. Add the sauce to the meat until it browns..
- Stir in basil and cook until basil is wilted..
- Fry the eggs for 2 min so that the yolk is still runny. Serve with rice and egg on top..
Thai basil chicken is spicy, sweet, and savory and oh so easy! The quick and tasty one dish meal But with this recipe for Thai basil chicken you can pull together a dinner that will rival any of your. Thai Basil Chicken, a great combination of sweet and savoury flavours. This easy recipe makes for a great mid-week dinner. I'm Ben - Caroline's other half.