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Easy and Spicy Thai Basil Chicken with Egg

Total Time
1h 26m
29m prep ยท 57m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
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Difficulty
Medium
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๐ŸŒพ Gluten-Free ๐Ÿฅ› Dairy-Free ๐Ÿฅœ Nut-Free โ˜ช๏ธ Halal

Fantastic spicy quick lunch or dinner. The egg really makes the meal. We are obsessed with this dish right now! Serving with sliced cucumber and tomato is delicious.

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 2 eggs
  • 1.5 cups cooked white rice
  • 2 Thais chile peppers , or more to taste
  • 2 cloves garlic , peeled, or more to taste
  • 1 chicken breast half , cut into bite-size pieces
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar
  • 14 leaves Thai basil

Instructions

  1. 1

    Coat a skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat; cook and stir eggs until scrambled and set, about 5 minutes. Divide rice between 2 bowls and add eggs to rice.

  2. 2

    Grind Thai chile peppers and garlic together with a mortar and pestle or in a food processor.

  3. 3

    Coat skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat; cook and stir pepper-garlic mixture until fragrant and garlic is golden brown, about 1 minute. Add chicken; cook and stir until chicken is about halfway-cooked, about 3 minutes.

  4. 4

    Mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar into chicken; cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 3 minutes more. Add basil and stir for 10 seconds. Remove skillet from heat and continue stirring mixture until basil is wilted; spoon over rice and egg.

Nutrition Facts

Per serving

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