Basil Chicken with Rice. Thai basil chicken, better known in Thai as pad kra pao gai (ผัดกระเพราไก่ pad ka prao gai), is a contender for the most popular, and the most beloved Thai street food dish of all time. You know sometimes when you go to a restaurant and you have no idea what to order, or even what you want to. Thai basil has a different flavor than that of regular basil and makes all the difference in this recipe.

This Thai take on chicken fried rice is so good and super easy to prepare. When the wok or pan becomes dry, add a little of. In this episode Dim and Cathy Geefay cook Thai basil chicken fried rice. You can cook Basil Chicken with Rice using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Basil Chicken with Rice

Prepare 400 gm of chicken meat (cut into bite pieces).
Prepare 3 of large eggs.
Prepare 3 of garlic cloves (crush into chunky pieces using mortar).
You need 2 tbsp of coconut oil.
Prepare 1 tbsp of sweet soy sauce.
You need 1 tbsp of salty soy sauce.
You need 1 tbsp of palm sugar.
It's 6-8 of large basil leaves.
Prepare of Lemon wedges.
Prepare of Sliced spicy pepper.
It's to taste of Salt.

Thai recipes, Thai ingredients, Thai cooking instructions included. This chicken and rice recipe with all those glorious tomato and basil flavors gives me the satisfaction of a glorious pot of risotto with a quarter of the effort. Plus, the leftovers are awesome the next day! Chicken and rice can be made in any pressure cooker but we all use the Instant Pot.

Basil Chicken with Rice step by step

Prepare rice using a rice cooker. Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp of coconut oil in a non stick pan and fry the eggs, carefully basting each egg with oil but make sure the yolk stays soft. Set aside and cover to keep warm..
Wipe the pan and heat remaining coconut oil. Stir fry the chicken until the pieces turn white and add oyster sauce, soy sauce and palm sugar. Add salt to taste..
When the chicken is cooked, remove from heat and fold in basil leaves while the pan is still hot..
Serve with rice. Garnish with spicy pepper slices and lemon wedges (or you can squeeze lemon on chicken before serving).
Enjoy!.

This is not a sponsored post or anything, it is just what we all prefer. While chicken and rice are cooking, prepare basil cream sauce. Chicken thighs bake on a bed of rice that has been flavored with diced, in-season tomatoes for a crowd-pleasing casserole that needs nothing more than a handful of chopped fresh basil to make it taste like summer. Thai basil has a distinctive taste, similar to European sweet basil, but with a much more pronounced aniseed flavour. Basil is an excellent source of While the chicken is cooking, prepare the noodles according to pack instructions.