Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, accessible thai basil chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Thai Basil Chicken is a gold standard Thai chicken recipe that's incredibly fast and easy to make, and truly tastes as good as Thai restaurants! Just looking at these photos and writing up this post has me peeved that I'll shortly be reheating leftovers instead of firing up the. Thai basil chicken is a super popular Thai stir-fry dish that's eaten both at home, in restaurants, and from street food stalls.
Accessible Thai Basil Chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Accessible Thai Basil Chicken is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have accessible thai basil chicken using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Accessible Thai Basil Chicken:
- Make ready 1.5 pounds boneless, skinless chicken, cut into 1/4"thick slices that are about 1.5" long AND seasoned with 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 1 large bell pepper, cut into 1/2" strips vertically
- Prepare 1 large onion, cut into 1/2" strips vertically
- Make ready 4 large cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
- Take fresh (Thai) basil leaves to taste (At least about 20, but I LOVE Thai basil, so I probably put in, like 100)
- Prepare vegetable oil
- Make ready For the sauce, MIX TOGETHER IN A SMALL BOWL:
- Make ready 2 Tablespoons oyster sauce
- Prepare 1-2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Take 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
- Take 1 Tablespoon ketchup
- Prepare 1/2-1 Tablespoon sugar
- Make ready crushed red chili flakes to taste (About 1/4 teaspoon for the tiniest bit of heat, and adjusting up for as much heat as you like. I do a Tablespoon or more, but I'm a chili head.)
It is characterized by the finely chopped chicken thighs stir fried in a soy-based sauce along with Thai holy basil and Thai chilies served over rice, often with a fried egg on the side. Thai basil chicken is known in Thai as pad kra pao gai (ผัดกระเพราไก่). It is delicious, with a deep savory flavor and hunger-inducing aroma. A favorite one-plate quick meal, Thai basil chicken, is simple to prepare, which is commonly served over a bed of steamed rice with an egg fried with plenty.
Instructions to make Accessible Thai Basil Chicken:
- Preheat a large work or saute pan with 1 teaspoon oil to high, then saute half of the chicken at a time until all the pieces are almost cooked through (opaque), then add half of the garlic and cook for another 30 seconds or so. - - When the first batch is done, set it aside on a large baking sheet or platter and repeat the process with the other half of the chicken and garlic (with another teaspoon of oil). - - White meat should take 3 to 4 minutes per batch to cook through, dark meat 5 to 6 minutes.
- Keeping the heat high, add another teaspoon of oil and stir fry half of your veg along with half your basil leaves until the onions turn translucent. - - Set the first half of the cooked veg and basil leaves aside with the cooked chicken and repeat the process with the second half of the veg and basil leaves.
- When the second batch of veg is done, keep it in your pan and set it to the side, making a well in the center. Add another teaspoon of oil and let it heat up for 10 seconds or so. - - Then pour in the sauce and let it cook and caramelize in the hot oil, undisturbed, for 10 to 20 seconds. Pour in the rest of the cooked ingredients and stir to thoroughly incorporate the seasoning.
- That's it! Enjoy!
It's a bit sweeter than traditional basil, with a more pronounced floral note, and a slight licorice-y bite. Here, we combine it with a slew of aromatics and veggies (red pepper, shallots, garlic, chilies), and then infuse the. This recipe is always a big hit with the family! It's also quite easy to make. This simple chicken dish is a great example, I slightly modified it to make it lighter, and plan on adding some vegetables to the mix to make the portion a little more substantial the next time I make it.
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