Thai Basil Chicken Fried Rice

Makes 4-5 servings

Lydia

I found this on Thai Food Tonight and tired it and it was a big hit.

ingredients

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)
1/4 cup cooking oil
1 to 1 1/2 lbs chicken meat (cut into bite sizes)
3 tbs oyster sauce
2 tbs fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 medium size red bell pepper (julienne)
2 cups fresh sweet basil leaves
1 cucumber (cut into bite sizes)
1/2 cup cilantro sprigs for garnish
1 lime sliced

1
First, heat the oil in a deep pan or wok over high heat.
2
Wait till the oil starts to smoke.
3
Add crushed garlic and crushed chili peppers
4
Stir quickly (don’t let them burn)
5
Then immediately add sliced chicken meat
6
Stir
7
Add oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar
8
Stir until the chicken is cooked through
9
Add already cooked rice
10
Stir quickly until sauces are blended with rice (a couple of minutes)
11
Stir in red bell peppers and keep stirring for few seconds then add basil leaves,
12
Turn the heat off.
13
Garnish with sliced cucumbers and cilantro sprigs.
14
Serve Immediately