Thai basil chicken is classic Thai Cuisine with superb flavor made with finely chopped or ground chicken cooked with chile peppers, garlic, and shallots seasoned with a sweet and salty sauce and finished with fresh basil.
Oil
Minced Chicken
1 chicken broth
5 tablespoon oyster sauce
3 tablespoon soy sauce
3 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 tablespoon brown sugar
Garlic (minced)
Sliced shallots
Hot chile peppers
Basil (100 grams or more depends on the serving)
For the sauce, mix the chicken broth, oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, white sugar and brown sugar into medium heat. Then remove from pan.
Add the oil and minced chicken in a skillet and cook the chicken briefly for a couple of minutes. Then add the shallots, garlic, and sliced chilies, and cook for a couple of minutes. Add tablespoon of the sauce goes in next to cook for a minute with the chicken until it starts to caramelize on the skillet.
Add the rest of the sauce, scraping up the caramelization and coating the chicken for another minute. Stir in the basil until it’s wilted from the residual heat. Your Thai Basil Chicken is ready to serve.