Thai Chili Chicken Food

THAI CHILI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix the Sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
• Heat up a wok with cooking oil and add garlic until aromatic.
• Add in the chicken and stir-fry for a couple of minutes, add the bamboo shoots, chili, and mint leaves and stir fry until the chicken is cooked.
• Add the Sauce and stir evenly. Add a few squirts of lime juice, dish out and serve with steamed rice.

SWEET THAI CHILI CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together peanut oil, rice vinegar, 2 teaspoons soy sauce, garlic, ginger and chili oil (if using). Place chicken wings in marinade and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place marinated chicken wings on top, cook 20 - 25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and skin has darkened. Turning once.
• In another bowl whisk together sweet Thai chili sauce, 1 teaspoon of sriracha and remaining teaspoon of soy sauce. Taste and add more sriracha if desired.
• Transfer hot wings to the bowl and toss to coat.
• Serve with plenty of napkins.

THAI-STYLE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat sesame oil over medium heat. Add chicken, carrot and celery; cook and stir until vegetables are slightly softened, 3-4 minutes. Add ginger and garlic; cook 1 minute more., Stir in tomatoes, coconut milk, curry paste, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Add edamame; cook 5 minutes more. Stir in spinach, green onion and lemon zest until spinach wilts. Remove from heat; top with cilantro and peanuts.

THAI CHICKEN CAKES WITH SWEET CHILLI SAUCE

Steps:

• Toss the chicken, garlic, ginger, onion, coriander and chilli into a food processor and season well. Blitz until the chicken is finely ground and everything is well mixed. Use your hands to shape six small cakes.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan, then fry the cakes over a medium heat for about 6-8 mins, turning once. Serve hot, with sweet chilli sauce, lime wedges, coriander, shredded spring onion and red chilli.

SPICY THAI BASIL CHICKEN (PAD KRAPOW GAI)

Steps:

• Whisk chicken broth, oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl until well blended.
• Heat large skillet over high heat. Drizzle in oil. Add chicken and stir fry until it loses its raw color, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in shallots, garlic, and sliced chilies. Continue cooking on high heat until some of the juices start to caramelize in the bottom of the pan, about 2 or 3 more minutes. Add about a tablespoon of the sauce mixture to the skillet; cook and stir until sauce begins to caramelize, about 1 minute.
• Pour in the rest of the sauce. Cook and stir until sauce has deglazed the bottom of the pan. Continue to cook until sauce glazes onto the meat, 1 or 2 more minutes. Remove from heat.
• Stir in basil. Cook and stir until basil is wilted, about 20 seconds. Serve with rice.

THAI CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add chicken, fish sauce, and juice of 1/2 of the lime juice. Saute until chicken is no longer pink on the outside, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Add garlic and stir for 30 seconds. Add onions and cook until almost translucent, about 3 minutes. Stir in chili powder to coat. Add tomatoes and black beans with their liquid. Stir in corn coconut milk, 1/2 of the cilantro, chile-garlic sauce, jalapenos, and kaffir lime leaves. Reduce heat and simmer to desired thickness, about 15 minutes.
• Add Thai chiles. Remove lime leaves before serving. Add remaining lime juice and garnish with remaining cilantro.

THAI SWEET CHILI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Fry the 1/2 of the onions, 1/2 of the ginger, and all the garlic in a very hot pan/pot with vegetable oil. (Add ingredients to the pan in the above mentioned order so that you don't burn the garlic).
• After browning the edges of the onions (about 2-3 mins), add chicken. Fry for five more minutes.
• Add sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, red pepper flakes. (You can add salt/pepper here too if you are familiar with this dish, otherwise wait so that you don't oversalt.).
• Reduce heat to med-low and allow the chicken to simmer without the lid for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. The liquid should reduce by at least half.
• Salt/pepper to taste. (The chicken should be fully cooked at this point, so you can taste the sauce.).
• Add the rest of the onions and ginger, then cook for 3-5 more minutes.
• Enjoy with jasmine rice.