Thai Basil Chicken (Gai Pad Krapow)
Thai Basil Chicken (Gai Pad Krapao) is deliciously spicy and aromatic chicken served atop light lettuce wedges or wraps.
Equipment
- nonstick skillet
Ingredients
Stir-Fry:
- 2 tbsp. peanut oil or coconut oil
- 2 tbsp. chopped garlic
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 pound ground chicken or ground turkey
- 5 Thai chillies thinly sliced
- 2 Thai lime leaves finely minced
- 1 tbsp. dark sweet soy sauce or ketjap manis
- 2 tbsp. fish sauce
- 1 cup Thai basil
- sliced cucumber
- iceberg lettuce leaves or boston lettuce leaves
Thai chili sauce (nam prik):
- 5-6 Thai chili peppers sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic or garlic paste
- 1 3/4 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
Plating:
- 8 Boston lettuce leaves
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups cooked Jasmine rice
Instructions
- Cook ground chicken, onion, garlic, sliced chilis and minced Thai lime leaves in oil until cooked through and crumbled.
- Stir in fish sauce, dark soy sauce and Thai basil; remove from heat.
- Stir together ingredients for nam prik sauce.
- Serve chicken on lettuce leaves along with slices of cucumber which you can dip into the nam prik sauce.
- Serve alongside steamed Jasmine rice.
- Fry 4 eggs sunny side up or to your preference and serve over rice.
Notes
From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com
Nutrition
Calories: 483kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 31gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 261mgSodium: 967mgPotassium: 1241mgFiber: 3gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 3204IUVitamin C: 100mgCalcium: 117mgIron: 4mg
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