Pad krapow gai, also known as Thai basil chicken is one of the easiest, healthy meals you can rustle up in your kitchen. It is just as nice as the pork version, pad krapow moo which I make regularly too.
I usually use chicken breast, which I mince up in no time at all. Chicken breast is great cos it's is nice, lean and soft. The chicken is cooked along with fish sauce, oyster sauce, bird's eye chilli and brown sugar, and I also add a dash of dark caramel sauce to give it some colour. Don't forget to toss in a large handful of holy basil leaf (or you can use Thai basil if you can't get the former) for that distinctive, fragrant aroma and flavour. Serve with a nice crispy egg, rice and cucumber slices for a complete meal!
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Thai basil chicken (Pad Krapow Gai)
Recipe by Baby Sumo
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 12 minutes
Serves 4
Ingredients
350g minced chicken breast
2-4 bird's eye chilli, deseeded and minced
1 small onion, diced
2 tbsp cooking oil
1/3 cup water
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/8 tsp caster sugar
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp dark caramel sauce
1 1/2 cups Holy Basil leaves, washed
To serve
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Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 12 minutes
Serves 4
Ingredients
350g minced chicken breast
2-4 bird's eye chilli, deseeded and minced
1 small onion, diced
2 tbsp cooking oil
1/3 cup water
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/8 tsp caster sugar
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp dark caramel sauce
1 1/2 cups Holy Basil leaves, washed
To serve
Rice, for 4
4 fried eggs
1 Japanese cucumber, peeled and sliced
1. In a wok, heat oil over medium high heat. Once hot, add the onion and chilli and cook for 3-4 minutes, until the onions have softened.
2. Add the minced chicken and cook for about 5 minutes, until it is cooked through. Add water, fish sauce, brown sugar, dark caramel sauce and oyster sauce and cook for another 1 1/2 - 2 minutes, until the sauce has slightly reduced. Taste seasoning.
3. Stir in the holy basil leaves.
4. Serve immediately with white rice, fried egg and cucumber slices.
4 fried eggs
1 Japanese cucumber, peeled and sliced
1. In a wok, heat oil over medium high heat. Once hot, add the onion and chilli and cook for 3-4 minutes, until the onions have softened.
2. Add the minced chicken and cook for about 5 minutes, until it is cooked through. Add water, fish sauce, brown sugar, dark caramel sauce and oyster sauce and cook for another 1 1/2 - 2 minutes, until the sauce has slightly reduced. Taste seasoning.
3. Stir in the holy basil leaves.
4. Serve immediately with white rice, fried egg and cucumber slices.
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I love this! Lots of Thai basil leaves growing in my garden. Your egg looks perfegg!!! I love the runny yolk!
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