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Thai Basil
Chicken Fried Rice
(Khao Pad Kra Prao Gai)
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| Ingredients
for 4 servings |
4
cups "already cooked" jasmine rice or long grain rice (let the rice cool before using it in the fried rice recipe) |
6
big cloves garlic (crushed) |
2
to 4 Thai red and green chili peppers or 1 to 2 Serrano
peppers (crushed) |
¼ cup
cooking oil |
1
to 1 ½ lbs chicken meat (cut into bite sizes) |
3
tbs oyster sauce |
2
tbs fish sauce |
1
tsp sugar |
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1
medium size red bell pepper (julienne) |
2
cups fresh sweet basil leaves |
1
cucumber ( cut into bite sizes) |
½ cup
cilantro sprigs for garnish |
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| Cooking
Instructions |
| First, heat the oil in a deep
pan or wok over high heat. |
| Wait till the
oil starts to smoke. |
| Add crushed garlic and crushed
chili peppers |
| Stir quickly (don’t let
them burn) |
| Then immediately add sliced
chicken meat |
| Stir |
| Add oyster sauce, fish sauce,
sugar |
| Stir until the chicken is cooked
through |
| Add already cooked rice |
| Stir quickly until sauces are
blended with rice (a couple of minutes) |
| Stir in red bell peppers and
keep stirring for few seconds then add basil leaves, |
| Turn the heat off. |
| Garnish with sliced cucumbers
and cilantro sprigs. |
| Serve Immediately |
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