Thai basil chicken. A World of Food at Your Fingertips. In a wok or large cast iron skillet over high heat, heat oil. Add chicken and cook, breaking up.

It's light, yet flavorful with lots of heat and tons of basil. Thai basil chicken is known in Thai as pad kra pao gai (ผัดกระเพราไก่). It is delicious, with a deep savory flavor and hunger-inducing aroma. You can cook Thai basil chicken using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Thai basil chicken

It's 300 grams of chicken breast, sliced.
You need 4-5 cloves of garlic, minced.
You need 1-1.5 of chilli red, chopped.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of light soya sauce.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of brown sugar.
You need 1 splash of dark soya sauce.
Prepare 1 handful of basil leaves, chopped.

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 eat? Add the sugar, soy sauce, and fish sauce. I used Thai basil from our farmers market (ah-mazing) and I used chicken breasts and made this in the instant pot.

Thai basil chicken instructions

Heat your wok on high heat, and add about 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan. When the oil is hot, add the chilies and garlic. Stir fry them for about 20 seconds or so until they get really fragrant, but don't let them burn or get too dry..
Toss in your chicken. Keep stir frying continuously. At this stage you want to continue to stir and cook your chicken until it's just about fully cooked all the way through (depending on the size pieces of chicken and how hot your fire is, it should take about 2 - 3 minutes). If it starts to get dry, add just a tiny splash of water..
Add 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce, ½ teaspoon light soy sauce, ½ teaspoon sugar, and finally a splash of dark soy sauce. Keep stir frying for about another 30 seconds..
Grab a handful of holy basil, toss it into the pan, fold it into the chicken, and then immediately turn off the heat (if you're using an electric stove, you'll want to remove the pan from the burner). The holy basil really only needs to cook for about 5 seconds, and it will continue to wilt and cook from the existing heat of the chicken. This step is important because if you cook the basil for too long, it loses some of its glorious flavor and gets slightly chewy..

I cooked the chicken in the pot and set on a plate while I made this recipe in the pot on sauté mode. Then added the chicken back in and did the recipe as directed. Thai basil chicken is a stir fried dish that cooks incredibly quickly. Once you've begun cooking, you won't have time to measure out sauce ingredients or do the chopping. So I recommend doing these preparations ahead of time.