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Slices of chicken along with onion, red bell pepper, and Thai basil on a patterned plate.

Spicy Chicken With Thai Basil

Grace Stewart
This most delicious of Thai dishes packs a huge spice punch! Fragrant Thai basil and Thai chilis are the stars of this dish. As good as what you'll find at your local Thai restaurant!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 16 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Thai
Servings 4 servings
Calories 217 kcal

Equipment

  • Large skillet

Ingredients
  

  • ½ large onion sliced
  • ½ red bell pepper (or whatever color you desire!) sliced
  • 6 cloves garlic minced
  • 10 Thai chilis minced; use more for hotter, less for milder
  • 1 bunch Thai basil about 1 packed cup; remove the stems and use the leaves only
  • 3 tablespoon Thai fish sauce
  • 1 lb chicken breast sliced into bite sized pieces
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Set your stove to medium heat, and heat up 2 tablespoon olive oil until hot. Add minced garlic and Thai chilis, and continuously stir fry for 20-30 seconds.
    Minced Thai chilis and minced garlic in a cast iron pan.
  • Increase the heat to medium high, then add sliced onion and bell pepper, and continuously stir fry for 2 minutes.
    Sliced red bell pepper and onion with minced garlic and minced Thai chilis.
  • Add sliced chicken and cook for 3-4 minutes or until cooked through, stirring continuously.
    Raw sliced chicken, sliced red bell pepper, sliced onion, and minced garlic and chilis in a cast iron pan.
  • Add fish sauce, stir, and then finish by adding your bunch of Thai basil and stir for around 30 seconds until the Thai basil has wilted.
    A cast iron pan containing sliced chicken, red bell pepper, onions, and minced garlic and chilis, topped with Thai basil.

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Notes

Enjoy your Spicy Chicken With Thai Basil with the one and only Thai Jasmine Rice!  
Feel free to adjust the number of Thai chilies in this dish...the number called for in the recipe will make this very spicy, so adjust to your tastes!

Nutrition

Calories: 217kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 26gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 73mgSodium: 1194mgPotassium: 567mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 696IUVitamin C: 42mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Chicken, Thai Basil
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