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Recipe of Award-winning Thai Basil Chicken

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Mario Long
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Thai Basil Chicken

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, thai basil chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Thai Basil Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Thai Basil Chicken is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

In this Thai basil chicken recipe, you'll learn to cook an authentic Thai street version of the dish. Thai basil chicken, better known in Thai as pad kra pao gai (ผัดกระเพราไก่ pad ka prao gai), is a contender for the most popular, and the most beloved Thai street food dish of all time. Spicy Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow Gai) served in a bowl with rice. Thai Basil tastes like normal basil with a hint of aniseed flavour.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have thai basil chicken using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Thai Basil Chicken:
  1. Take 2 tablespoons peanut oil; divided
  2. Get 1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs, chopped
  3. Take 2 shallots finely chopped
  4. Take 4 garlic cloves, minced
  5. Take 3 pounded Thai chili (green or red)
  6. Take 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  7. Prepare 2 teaspoons dark soy sauce
  8. Prepare 2 teaspoons brown sugar or palm
  9. Prepare 1 bunch Thai basil leaves
  10. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper

Boneless and skinless chicken breasts or thighs cut into bite size pieces can also be used (cooking time will increase by a few minutes). Assemble Thai Basil Chicken: Once chicken is fully cooked and sauce has thickened, add the fresh basil leaves. Stir to mix basil with chicken. Basil will continue to cook and wilt with heat of chicken and sauce.

Steps to make Thai Basil Chicken:
  1. In a large wok, heat 1 tablespoon of oil; cook chicken. Set aside on a plate when done. Do not drain
  2. Reheat wok with remaining oil. Cook shallots and garlic for 3 minutes
  3. Return chicken to wok and add chilies, fish sauce, soy, and sugar. Cook on high for about 8 minutes
  4. Throw basil and white pepper in and cook till the basil is wilted
  5. Serve over white rice. Enjoy!

Stir to mix basil with chicken. Basil will continue to cook and wilt with heat of chicken and sauce. Remove Thai Basil Chicken in a serving bowl. Top chicken with deep fried basil leaves. Serve while still hot with side of.

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