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Thai-Inspired Sweet Basil Chicken

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Thai-Inspired Sweet Basil Chicken

By @chef1

Ground chicken stir-fried with sweet basil, measured chilies and savory sauce, served over the listed cooked rice.

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Ingredients

  • ●1 pound Ground chicken
  • ●24g Fresh sweet basil leaves
  • ●6g, stems removed, finely chopped Thai chilies
  • ●4 cloves, minced Garlic
  • ●2 tablespoons Soy sauce
  • ●1 tablespoon Fish sauce
  • ●1 tablespoon Oyster sauce
  • ●1 teaspoon Sugar
  • ●2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
  • ●2 cups, for serving Cooked rice
  • ●2, for serving Fried egg (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1
    Heat vegetable oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat.
  2. 2
    Add minced garlic and chopped chilies to the wok and stir-fry for about 30 seconds until fragrant.
  3. 3
    Add ground chicken to the wok and cook, breaking it up with a spatula, until browned.
  4. 4
    In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar. Pour the sauce over the chicken.
  5. 5
    Stir-fry for another 2-3 minutes, until the sauce has thickened slightly and coated the chicken.
  6. 6
    Add sweet basil leaves to the wok and stir-fry until wilted, about 30 seconds.
  7. 7
    Serve immediately over rice. Top with a fried egg, if desired.

Recipe details

Cuisine
Thai
Category
Main course
Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
12 minutes

Estimated total: 27 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.

How these estimates were calculated
  • Prepare measured ingredients: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
  • pan preheat: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
  • stir fry: 5 min planning allowance (stir_fry)
  • mix: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • Chosen 10-minute initial preparation allowance includes implicit chopping and measuring; written preparation is not counted here again.
  • Replace holy basil with weighed ordinary fresh sweet basil, a disclosed recipe variation.
  • Garlic: USDA clove portion weight
  • Using 1 clove portion for 4 cloves of garlic.
  • Soy sauce: USDA tbsp portion weight
  • Fish sauce: USDA tbsp portion weight
  • Oyster sauce: USDA tbsp portion weight
  • Sugar: USDA tsp portion weight
  • Vegetable oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
  • Soybean oil selected as a generic vegetable oil.
  • Cooked rice: USDA cup portion weight
  • Generic white short-grain enriched cooked rice used for cooked rice.
  • Excludes optional Fried egg (optional)
  • Fresh sweet basil leaves: Replace holy basil with weighed ordinary fresh sweet basil, a disclosed recipe variation. Original: {"item":"Holy basil leaves","amount":"1 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Fresh sweet basil leaves","amount":"24g"}.
  • Fresh sweet basil leaves: Replace holy basil with weighed ordinary fresh sweet basil, a disclosed recipe variation. Original: {"item":"Holy basil leaves","amount":"1 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Fresh sweet basil leaves","amount":"24g"}.

pad krapow gai · ground chicken · holy basil · stir-fry

Estimated nutrition per serving

724 calories · 46.5 g protein · 60.2 g carbohydrate · 32.6 g fat · 1968 mg sodium

Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Excludes optional Fried egg (optional) Nutrients with incomplete inputs omitted. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.

Recipe Context

This recipe was created with the following context in mind:

Saturday
dinner
winter
Requested: 60 min
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