Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow)

Thai basil chicken (Pad Krapow) is so flavorful and easy to whip up. In these quarantine times – frozen chicken breast, green beans, and birds eye chilis are your best friend. This recipe feeds 2 Christy’s.. use your best judgment on if that’s one or two meals for you.

Ingredients:

• 2-4 birds eye chili, depending on how spicy you want it
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 chicken breast, cubed small
• 1/2 cup green beans, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tsp oyster sauce
• 1 tsp fish sauce
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• Handful of Thai basil
• To serve: rice, egg, cucumber wedges

Directions:

• Grind up chili and garlic in mortar and pestle or mince
• Heat up 1 tsp cooking oil in a wok on medium low heat and fry the chili and garlic until the garlic starts to turn a golden brown ~2 minutes
• Add in chicken and stir fry until roughly all sides turn white
• Add green beans and stir fry/cook for ~3 minutes
• Mix in sauces and sugar, cover and let cook for ~3 minutes
• Turn off heat, stir in Thai basil, and cover lid for another 3 minutes
• Serve with rice, fried egg, and cucumber wedges