Thai Basil Chicken Recipe (Gai Pad Krapow)

That looks so authentic and yummy…I’ll buy the basil try it this weekend. Ever since my friend Pieter gave me kecap manis, I’ve used it in many dishes.

Thai Basil Chicken Recipe (Gai Pad Krapow)

Thai Basil Chicken – made with ground chicken, basil leaves, and chilies. Basil chicken is great with rice and this recipe is super easy and authentic.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 4 cloves garlic finely chopped
• 2 shallots finely chopped)
• 10 oz ground chicken
• 6 bird's eye chilies chopped and pounded with a mortar and pestle, or 1-2 fresh jalapeno cut into slivers
• 1 1/4 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon palm sugar or sugar to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon kecap manis or sweet soy sauce
• 1 big bunch Thai basil leaves lower stems removed
• 3 dashes white pepper

Instructions
Add the oil into a heated wok, follow by the chopped garlic and shallots. Stir fry the garlic and shallots until aromatic, then add the ground chicken into the wok. Use the spatula to quickly stir-fry and break the ground chicken meat into small lumps.

for further instructions @ rasamalaysia.com

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