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
Servings 4 people
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 :)