Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, accessible thai basil chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
A World of Food at Your Fingertips. Thai Basil Chicken (pad kra pao gai ผัดกระเพราไก่) is one of the most popular street foods in Thailand. It is characterized by the finely chopped chicken thighs stir fried in a soy-based sauce along with Authentic Thai Basil Chicken in Thailand is made with holy basil which is different than Thai basil.
Accessible Thai Basil Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Accessible Thai Basil Chicken is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have accessible thai basil chicken using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Accessible Thai Basil Chicken:
- Take 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
- Take 1 large bell pepper, cut into 1/2" strips vertically
- Make ready 1 large onion, cut into 1/2" strips vertically
- Make ready 4 large cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
- Get fresh (Thai) basil leaves to taste (At least about 20, but I LOVE Thai basil, so I probably put in, like 100)
- Take vegetable oil
- Get For the sauce, MIX TOGETHER IN A SMALL BOWL:
- Get 2 Tablespoons oyster sauce
- Get 1-2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Take 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
- Take 1 Tablespoon ketchup
- Get 1/2-1 Tablespoon sugar
- Get 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.)
The recipe works best if you chop or grind your own chicken and have all ingredients prepped before you start cooking. Add the Thai bird chillies and toss to combine. Pour the chicken stock, oyster sauce, fish sauce, and sugar into the wok and cook, stirring, until thickened. Add basil and toss until wilted.
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!
If you're looking for more exciting chicken recipes, have a look at our equally easy chicken parmesan bake or these Korean fried chicken wings for a hint of something really special. In a wok or large cast iron skillet over high heat, heat oil. 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 of oil (literally half deep-fried) until a crisp golden brown crust.
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