This is my favorite Thai dish of all time. I love eating it with rice, cool cucumbers and some fish sauce and chilies for extra heat. I relearned this recipe when visiting Thailand last month. I like to use dark ground turkey for extra flavor. Try to coarsely ground your chicken or turkey yourself instead of store-bought if possible.
Thai Chicken with Basil (Gai Pad Khapow)
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp. oil
- 1 cup ground chicken (dark ground turkey is ok too)
- 1 tsp. Thai chilies (less if you don’t like spicy)
- 1 tbsp. minced garlic
- 2 tbsp. chicken stock
- 1 tsp. oyster sauce
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. fish sauce
- 1 tsp. light soy sauce
- 1 tsp. dark soy sauce
- 1 handful Thai basil
- 1 tsp. ground white pepper
Directions:
- In a heated wok add oil
- Add chicken
- Add garlic and chilies
- Add chicken broth
- Add oyster sauce
- Add sugar
- Add fish sauce
- Add light soy sauce
- Add dark soy sauce
- Add pepper
- Add basil
- Serve with rice, sliced cucumber and fried egg (optional)
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