Ready in 10 – Thai Basil Chicken
We used to visit this restaurant called Thai Basil in Singapore and one of our favourite dishes to order was the Thai Basil Chicken. It is such an easy dish to prepare, authentically they use Thai holy basil which has a more peppery flavour but since i have only eaten with the Thai Sweet basil, i stick to it. I love the sweet aniseedy flavour of the sweet basil.
It takes less than 10 minutes to prepare this dish, so this makes it an all time weekday dinner favourite. My kids love love love this dish. If i forget to cook this for some time, they will promptly remind me.
Thai Basil Chicken
A quick and easy dish packed with flavours for your loved ones to enjoy. Substitute the chicken with mushrooms or tofu & replace fish sauce with some lime juice to make it vegetarian & equally tasty
Ingredients
- 5-6 shallots sliced
- 5-6 garlic cloves sliced
- 4 thai red chillis sliced
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp crushed black pepper
- 2 tbsp dark soya sauce
- 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil optional
- 1 cup thai sweet basil washed
- 500 gm chicken mince
- 1 cube chicken or vegetable stock
Instructions
- In a wok, on high flame, heat the oil
- when the oil is hot, add the sliced shallots, garlic and chillis. Stir to cook
- As the shallots soften, add the mince chicken. Break down the mince pieces with the spatula and cook until brown. around 2-3 minutes
- add the soya and fish sauce. Also pour in the stock at this point and let it simmer
- after a couple minutes, add the basil and mix along with the chicken. The basil leaves will wilt in sometime
- Switch off the flame and drizzle with sesame oil (optional). That's it we're done.
- Enjoy with hot steamed rice.
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Notes
- Since the sauces and stock both have high sodium levels, i did not need to add any more salt
- Make sure you cook the rice before you start with this dish, because it is sheer torture to wait for the rice to cook after this dish is made – It is soooo yummy 🙂
