Thai Chicken With Basil And Coconut Milk Food

THAI BASIL CHICKEN WITH COCONUT CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat sesame oil over medium-high heat in a large, heavy-bottomed skillet. Add onion and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and ginger; saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir chicken into the hot skillet and season with salt and pepper. Mix in curry paste. Brown chicken on both sides, about 10 minutes total.
• Pour in coconut milk, chicken broth, snow peas, mushrooms, red bell pepper, and bamboo shoots. Season with cinnamon and stir well. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low; let simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 30 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in basil and lemon juice.

THAI CHICKEN WITH BASIL AND COCONUT MILK

Steps:

• heat oil in wok or deep pan.
• cook onions and chilies until soft.
• add chicken and stir fry until tender. Add basil, fish sauce, cilantro and sugar. Cook for 1 minute.
• add coconut milk and heat through.
• serve with white sticky rice.

THAI CHICKEN WITH BASIL

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the chicken with the fish sauce, soy sauce, water, and sugar.
• In a large nonstick frying pan or a wok, heat the oil over moderately high heat.
• Add the onion and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
• Stir in the chiles and garlic; cook, stirring, 30 seconds longer.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade with a slotted spoon and add it to the hot pan.
• Cook until almost done, stirring, about 3 minutes.
• Add the marinade and cook 30 seconds longer.
• Remove from the heat and stir in 1 cup of the basil.
• Serve topped with the remaining 1/2 cup basil.

THAI CHICKEN WITH BASIL STIR FRY

Steps:

• Bring rice and water to a boil in a pot. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes.
• In a bowl, mix the coconut milk, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, fish sauce, and red pepper flakes.
• In a skillet or wok, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Stir in the onion, ginger, and garlic, and cook until lightly browned. Mix in chicken strips, and cook about 3 minutes, until browned. Stir in the coconut milk sauce. Continue cooking until sauce is reduced be about 1/3. Mix in mushrooms, green onions, and basil, and cook until heated through. Serve over the cooked rice.

THAI CHICKEN WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Combine rice and 1 1/2 cups water in heavy-bottom pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer, and cook the rice, covered, for 17 minutes.
• Trim and seed the jalapeño and the red pepper. Put from half the jalapeño to all of it, and as much of the red pepper as you like, into a food processor, and add the garlic, shallots and peppercorns. Process to make a coarse paste.
• Heat a nonstick pan (large enough to hold all the ingredients except the rice) until it is very hot. Reduce heat to medium high, and add the oil. Sauté the garlic mixture for 30 seconds. Set aside.
• Finely chop the chicken breast in the food processor. Return pan to heat, and sauté the chicken, breaking it into tiny pieces while cooking.
• Add the fish sauce and sugar, and stir well. Set aside.
• Wash and dry the basil, reserving a few leaves for garnish. Return pan to heat, and stir the basil into the chicken mixture. Serve over rice, garnished with the remaining basil.