Name: Thai basil chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 500 g boneless chicken thighs (chopped); 3 tbsp oyster or hoisin sauce; 3 tbsp dark soy sauce; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 2 tbsp fish sauce; ¼ cup onion (sliced); 1 tbsp garlic (chopped); 2-3 fresh chillis (sliced); 4-5 stalks spring onion (chopped); 1 cup fresh basil leaves; 1 tsp cornflour; 2-3 tbsp chilli oil (or any cooking oil); salt to taste

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This Thai basil chicken is not only a one pot, delicious and fragrant chicken recipe, but it is a great weekday meal option too! This under 30 minute recipe tastes super with a bowl of steamed rice

Hello lovely people, here is a Thai recipe for you that I absolutely love. It is one of my go to weekday meals as well, the Thai basil chicken. This one pot chicken recipe is flavoured simply, so as to maximize the fragrance of the fresh basil leaves. While traditionally, Thai basil is used, I have used sweet Italian basil here for two reasons. First, I couldn’t lay my hands on the Thai ones and second, these basil leaves that I’ve used here are homegrown! So, this amazing basil chicken recipe is really special to me. After all, cooking with homegrown produce is a different joy altogether! Coming back to the recipe, this one is also an under 30 minute recipe. Doesn’t this just make the whole deal even better? Moreover, the beauty of this chicken recipe is that, you could have it as an appetizer too.

Instead of keeping it saucy, you could keep it dry. And what you will then have is, a fragrant and delicious party appetizer. Besides the basil leaves, all you will need is some garlic and some sauces, that’s all. One of the main sauces that you will need is either oyster or hoisin sauce. These sauces impart a sweet as well as umami flavor to the Thai basil chicken, making it taste yum. The others that you will need are some fish sauce and soy sauce. I tend to have these with me in my fridge as I make noodles or stir fries quite often. However, if you don’t readily have them, you could buy them from your supermarket. All these sauces are pretty easily available.

Weekday meal option

I have used boneless chicken thighs to make this delicious stir fry recipe. I am calling it a stir fry because, it is actually that quick to make. The chicken thighs, cut into small chunks, make this recipe juicy and also helps in cooking faster. However, you could opt to use chicken breast here, if that’s what you prefer. Also, if you wish you could add in some vegetables that you like in your Thai basil chicken. When I made this for our dinner last evening, I only had spring onions with me, so that’s what I added. But you could add bok choi, pok choi, cabbage, mushrooms etc if you like. But, no matter what you choose to add, make sure you are using a lot of basil leaves in here! The amount should be almost as good as another vegetable that you use for your recipe.

The basil leaves will completely wilt once you add them to the hot pan, so make sure to use a sizable quantity to get the maximum taste from them. In truth, it is their flavor that should shine through your Thai chicken recipe more than any other ingredient. If you love fragrant and yummy recipes then this one is definitely going to be up your alley. It is a wonderful Asian recipe that you must give a try sometime. And if you do, I’d love hearing back from you. You could also share your food pictures with me over on Instagram. I sincerely hope that you are going to enjoy this chicken recipe just as much as we do.

Eat hearty!