Stir-fried Chicken with Holy Basil

 Thai stir-fried chicken with holy basil is a popular dish in the Thai cuisine. However, stir-fried chicken with any kind of herbs are common dishes of Asian cuisines. The sauce to use for this stir-fried dish is simple with familiar ingredients, such as soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and dark soy sauce. For Thai and Vietnamese stir-fried we do not use oyster sauce. The holy basil is not easy to find in some parts of the world. Therefore, this dish the sweet Italian basil has the taste very close to the holy basil, but not the cinnamon Thai basil. The original version of this dish is spicy, but one can cut down the spicy taste by not using too many Thai hot chilli. The garlic is another flavor that not to be missing for this dish. Serving this dish is finalized with deep fried egg and steamed rice.    

Ingredients:

12 oz. chicken legs or breast 

1 cup basil leaves

Sauce ingredients:

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp dask soy sauced

1/2 tsp salt

1 tbs sugar or honey

1 tsp oyster sauced

1/4 tsp black pepper

2 tbs water

Other ingredients:

2 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 cup thinly sliced white onions

1 Thai hot chili and 1 red chili 

2 green onions cut into 1 inch slices

2 tbs oil for cooking

Steamed rice

Directions:

Wash and clean the chicken. Cut chicken into small cubes. Some recipes use ground chicken.

In a small bowl, combine all the sauce ingredients and set aside.

Wash the basil leaves.

In the small food processor, blend the garlic and both chilis into a paste.

In a wok or stir frying pan, add oil. Stir in the garlic and chili paste. Cook for 1 minute and add chicken.

Stir and cook until chicken is no longer pink. Add sliced white onions and sauce. Cook for 5 minutes.

Turn the heat off. Add basil and green onion. 

The chicken and basil is ready to serve.