
How To Make Thai Basil Chicken
This Thai basil chicken is a light yet flavorful meal made with boneless chicken, basil leaves, and serrano chile tossed in a skillet until fully cooked.
Preparation: 5 minutes
Cooking: 15 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1¼lbschicken breasts,boneless skinless, sliced into thin strips
- 2tbspoyster sauce,substitute for GF oyster sauce
- 2tbsplight soy sauce,substitute for GF soy sauce
- 5garlic cloves,minced
- 1serrano chile,seeded and minced, keep seeds for extra hot
- 2tspvegetable,or canola oil
- 3cupsfresh Thai basil leaves,or regular
- jasmine rice,cooked, optional for serving
Instructions
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In a bowl, marinate the chicken with oyster sauce and soy sauce for 10 minutes.
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Heat a large nonstick skillet or wok over medium-high heat, when hot add the oil, garlic, and chili, and cook until fragrant for about 30 seconds.
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Increase the heat to high and add the chicken and cook, stirring until just cooked through for about 4 minutes. Add the basil and cook until wilted for about 1 minute.
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Serve over rice.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 263.34kcal
- Fat:Â 13.30g
- Saturated Fat:Â 3.79g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.15g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 5.44g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 2.88g
- Carbohydrates:Â 3.33g
- Fiber:Â 0.54g
- Sugar:Â 0.19g
- Protein:Â 31.18g
- Cholesterol:Â 90.72mg
- Sodium:Â 592.68mg
- Calcium:Â 59.65mg
- Potassium:Â 416.50mg
- Iron:Â 1.82mg
- Vitamin A: 84.66µg
- Vitamin C:Â 5.20mg
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