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Home / Courses / Main Dish / Thai Basil Chicken

Thai Basil Chicken

By: 👩‍🦳 Linda · Published: 🖨 March 19, 2014 · Updated: 💻September 20, 2017 · 🗨 3 Comments

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This stir fry Thai Basil Chicken is delicious served with steamed jasmine rice. It takes only minutes to prepare and the heat level can be easily adjusted.

This stir fry Thai Basil Chicken is delicious served with steamed jasmine rice. It takes only minutes to prepare and the heat level can be easily adjusted. | RotiNRice.com

Thai Basil Chicken comes to mind whenever I have a whole lot of Thai or holy basil on hand. Holy basil is the preferred type of basil in this dish. It is is more spicy than it is sweet with small serrated leaves and slightly hairy stems. If not available, Thai basil is a good substitute.

This stir fry Thai Basil Chicken is delicious served with steamed jasmine rice. It takes only minutes to prepare and the heat level can be easily adjusted. | RotiNRice.com Thai basil is sweeter with a hint of anise of licorice. It has purple stems and larger serrated leaves. Thai basil is available year round and is the most common type of basil found at the Asian markets here. It is also the same kind of basil used by the Vietnamese in their pho noodles.

Thai Basil Chicken is surprisingly easy to prepare and takes only minutes to cook once the ingredients are ready. Traditionally, ground chicken is used. Other key ingredients include basil, chilies, and fish sauce. The fish sauce should be discernible but not overpowering. The heat level can be easily adjusted to your liking. For a spicy “kick”, use 4 to 5 minced bird’s eye chilies in place of jalapeno or green chilies.

This stir fry Thai Basil Chicken is delicious served with steamed jasmine rice. It takes only minutes to prepare and the heat level can be easily adjusted. | RotiNRice.com

In my version below, I used bite size pieces of boneless, skinless chicken thighs instead of ground chicken. I kept the dish mild with the use of just one jalapeno pepper but added a chopped red chili pepper for color.

This stir fry Thai Basil Chicken is delicious served with steamed jasmine rice. It takes only minutes to prepare and the heat level can be easily adjusted. | RotiNRice.com

This stir fry Thai Basil Chicken is delicious served with steamed jasmine rice. It takes only minutes to prepare and the heat level can be easily adjusted. | RotiNRice.com

Thai Basil Chicken

This stir fry Thai Basil Chicken is delicious served with steamed jasmine rice. It takes only minutes to prepare and the heat level can be easily adjusted.
Author : Linda Ooi
Course : Main Dish
Cuisine : Thai
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 8 mins
Total Time 23 mins
Servings : 4 servings
Calories : 246kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 20 oz boneless skinless chicken thighs (cut into bite size pieces) (565g)
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1½ cup fresh Thai basil or holy basil leaves (45g)
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 small onion (chopped)
  • 3 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1 red chili (red chili), seeded and chopped
  • 1 jalapeno pepper (green chili)**, seeded and chopped

Instructions
 

  • Combine chicken, fish sauce, soy sauce, and sugar in a bowl. Set aside.
  • Thinly slice 1 cup (30g) basil leaves. Leave the remaining ½ cup (15g) whole.
  • Heat vegetable oil in a large pan over medium high heat. Sauté onion, garlic, red chili, and jalapeno pepper for 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Add chicken and stir fry for 3 to 4 minutes.
  • Add sliced basil leaves and continue to cook for another minute.
  • Turn off heat. Add remaining whole basil leaves. Stir to mix.
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  • Serve immediately with steamed jasmine rice.

Notes

** Jalapeno (green) chili may be substituted with 4 to 5 bird’s eye chilies for a spicier dish.

Nutrition

Calories: 246kcal
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This tasty dish is perfect served with a bowl of steamed jasmine rice. Do give it a try.

This stir fry Thai Basil Chicken is delicious served with steamed jasmine rice. It takes only minutes to prepare and the heat level can be easily adjusted. | RotiNRice.com

NOTE: This post was updated on November 20th, 2016 with new pictures.

This stir fry Thai Basil Chicken is delicious served with steamed jasmine rice. It takes only minutes to prepare and the heat level can be easily adjusted. | RotiNRice.com

Enjoy…..and have a wonderful day! 😎

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Categories: 🗂 Main Dish, Poultry, Southeast Asian Tags: 📋 herbs, Thai

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  1. Christiane ~ Taking On Magazines says

    March 19, 2014 at 11:27 am

    What a gorgeous dish, Biren. I love the fact that you kept the chicken in chunks instead of ground. It looks and sounds delicious.

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  2. Amy Cheong says

    March 19, 2014 at 10:04 pm

    Oh….my God, this is my favourite dish. My family and I love to order this dish whenever we eat at any Thai restaurant. Never know so easy to cook. Thanks a billion sharing this yummy delicious dish.

    Reply
  3. Ramona says

    March 26, 2014 at 5:54 am

    Thai basil dishes (especially chicken) are my favorite Thai food. I adore Thai basil leaves and grow them on my deck in the summer time. 🙂 This is a winning dish. 🙂

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