Spicy Thai Chicken
- 3 tbsp. Asian fish sauce (nuoc nam)
- 1 tbsp. soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. brown sugar
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken-breast halves
- 2 tsp. vegetable oil
- 1 large onion
- 2 red or green chiles (serrano or jalapeno)
- 2 tsp. minced, peeled fresh ginger
- 2 clove garlic
- 1 1/2 c. loosely packed fresh basil leaves
- basil sprigs
- In medium bowl, combine fish sauce, soy sauce, and brown sugar; stir in chicken slices to coat.
- Let marinate 5 minutes.
- In nonstick 12-inch skillet, heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat until very hot.
- Add chicken with marinade and cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken slices lose their pink color throughout, about 3 to 4 minutes.
- With slotted spoon, remove chicken to plate.
- Add onion to marinade remaining in skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender-crisp, about 4 minutes.
- Stir in chiles, ginger, and garlic, cook 1 minute longer.
- Return chicken to skillet, heat through.
- Stir in basil leaves just before serving.
- Garnish with basil sprigs.Note: Asian fish sauce (nuoc nam) a thin, translucent, salty, brown liquid extracted from salted, fermented fish is used in Thai and Vietnamese cooking.
- It can be purchased in the Asian section of some grocery stores, or from Thai Kitchen, Box 13242, Berkeley, CA 94701 (call 800-967-THAI 800-967-8424).
- If you don't have fish sauce, increase soy sauce to 2 tablespoons and proceed with recipe.
fish sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, skinless, vegetable oil, onion, red, ginger, clove garlic, basil, basil sprigs
Taken from www.delish.com/recipefinder/spicy-thai-chicken-1491 (may not work)