Fan of spicy, chopped chicken smothered with holy basil and stir-fried with chilli sauce? Especially relevant then is introducing this great recipe of Thai Basil Chicken to make you love thai food all the more this season! Hence, scroll through my easy and best recipe to try this classy combination of Thai Chicken with Basil.
This chicken side is a refreshing dish of Thai cuisine that we literally fell in love with right from its first bite. Thai cuisine makes up for our favourite dish. Moreover, many times, Friday night dinner is Thai for us. Mostly, Thai recipes are generally quick and easy to make and are full of flavours and texture. This recipe is also very simple to make and serve as well.
Furthermore, Thai Basil Chicken Recipe is lovely because of its bold flavours from the sauces and the Thai basil leaves. Traditionally Thai Holy Basil is used for this recipe but I have used Thai sweet basil as I couldn’t get holy basil here, but the taste was still superb.
Most of all, it can be paired with either steamed Thai Pineapple Fried Rice or Vegetarian Thai Pad Noodles that are popular asian market dishes across the globe.
While, dried basil plant leaves can be bought from the grocery store and used, I recommend that you use fresh Thai Holy basil leaves for this recipe. Also, using oyster sauce, fish sauce would surely make this Thai dish all the more delish.
If you like your dish even more spicier, you can use some chopped red and green chillies in the recipe.
In conclusion, this tasteful thai curry goes fine on most of the party and family dinner menus. Want a great change of flavours? Then do make this dish. Therefore, quickly note down the recipe for Thai Basil Chicken Stir Fry, right? Go ahead and plan this lip-smacking dish pretty soon!
Is Thai Basil different from regular Basil?
“Thai basil is one of many basil varieties. Sweet basil or Italian Basil is well known for its inclusion in many Mediterranean dishes while Thai basil plays an equally important role in Thai cuisine.
Consider its use in dishes like pad ki mao (drunken noodles) and green curry. Thai basil is as important to the flavor of Thai food as fish sauce and kaffir lime leaves. This means that if you plan to cook Thai food, you should try to get some of this herb to get an authentic flavor.” – Source
These days, you get Thai basil in most grocery stores but if it’s not available in your regular store, try going to a Asian store. They will definitely have it.
However, if you don’t find thai basil, feel free to use Italian basil in this recipe.
How to make Thai Basil Chicken with Coconut Milk
To make Thai Basil Chicken Coconut Curry, just add 2 cups of thinned down coconut milk at the end of cooking and bring the curry to a boil. Simmer the heat and cook for 2-3 minutes. Serve hot with rice.
How to make Thai Basil Chicken Fried Rice?
You can convert this chicken stir fry into a filling one pan meal in no time. Once the recipe for Thai Basil Chicken is done, add 2 cups of steamed white or brown rice to the pan and mix everything well. You have Thai Basil Chicken Fried Rice ready. Enjoy!!
You can also add cooked noodles to the final dish to make it into a filling meal.
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How to make Thai Basil Chicken Step by Step
Heat oil in a wok.
Once the oil is hot, add garlic and ginger and fry for a few seconds.
Add onion and green chilli and fry for a minute.
Add chicken and cook till chicken is almost done. ( 3-4 minutes )
Add fish sauce, oyster sauce, dark say sauce, salt, brown sugar and pepper and cook for a minute.
Switch off the heat and add the Thai basil in the wok. Mix well.
Thai Basil Chicken Video Recipe
Thai Basil Chicken Recipe
Thai Basil Chicken
Thai Basil Chicken is a quick and easy to make Thai dish with bold flavours which can be served with steamed rice or noodles.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 2 tsp Garlic Chopped
- 2 tsp Ginger Chopped
- 1 cup Onion Cut into cubes
- 2-3 Green Chilli Slit into halves
- 300 g Boneless Chicken Coarsely Chopped
- 2 tsp Fish Sauce
- 1 tsp Oyster Sauce
- 2 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp Brown Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 1 cup Thai Holy Basil Torn into small pieces
Instructions
Heat oil in a wok.
Once the oil is hot, add garlic and ginger and fry for a few seconds.
Add onion and green chilli and fry for a minute.
Add chicken and cook till chicken is almost done. ( 3-4 minutes )
Add fish sauce, oyster sauce, dark say sauce, salt, brown sugar and pepper and cook for a minute.
Switch off the heat and add the Thai basil in the wok.
Mix well.
Serve hot with jasmine rice or noodles.
Recipe Notes
You can use boneless chicken breasts or thighs cut into small pieces to make this recipe.
If Thai Basil is not available, use Italian basil.
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ankita suman
Thank you for the awesome and wonderful recipes…since we don’t get thai basil in small towns…can we use normal basil leaves???please help
msnehamathur
Yes Ankita. You can use the regular basil. But not the Indian Tulsi.
Roxanne Bamboat
This is one of my all time favourite recipes and I make it quite often. I actually really enjoy cooking Thai meals. You’re blog is beautiful and your pictures are absolutely stunning !
msnehamathur
Thnx much Roxanne 🙂
Abhishek gupta
Thanks for sharing the useful information.
Krista
I want a recipe with a lot of liquid to soak up with my side of rice, the photo looks great! But I don’t see how the ingredients can make that much liquid. I feel like I’ll be left with something more like a sauce than a broth?
Neha Mathur
You can make a cornflour slurry and add it in the curry and let it thicken to make a gravy. Adjust the sauces in that case.