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Thai Basil Chicken Recipe (Krapao Gai) Print E-mail

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About the Recipe

Thai Basil Chicken is very easy to make, and has a distinctive Thai flavor that comes through due to the sauces used in preparation. The oyster sauce and soy sauce give it a rich salty taste, while the sweetness of the black soy sauce takes the edge off the saltiness, as well as giving the dish a lovely darkened brown color. This Thai chicken dish can be found all over Thailand, from street vendors to fine restaurants, and is commonly served over rice, sometimes with a fried egg on top.

 

Recipe Info

•    Serves: 1
•    Preparation time: 7 minutes
•    Cooking Time: 8 minutes

Equipment and Utensils
•    Wok or pan
•    Spatula  

Ingredients
•    Rice
•    2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
•    2 cloves of garlic
•    1 chicken breast
•    Half an onion
•    4 tablespoons of oyster sauce
•    2 tablespoons of soy sauce
•    1 teaspoon of black soy sauce
•    1/3 cup of water
•    1/2 cup of fresh basil
•    3 fresh chili peppers

 

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Preparation

•    Chop the garlic into small pieces
•    Cut chicken into ¼ inch slices
•    Chop the onion into thin slices
•    Pick the fresh basil leafs from the stem
•    Chop the chili pepper

Cooking
•    Turn on the stove to the medium heat
•    Heat the oil
•    When the oil is hot add the garlic
•    When the garlic is soft (don’t let it burn) add the chicken
•    Stir the chicken until it is cooked

•    Add the onion
•    Add all the sauces (oyster sauce, soy sauce and black soy sauce) and stir it together
•    Add water and stir for about 2 minutes.
•    Add the chili peppers and basil, stir it couple of time and it’s done

Serve
•    Serve over rice and garnish with fresh basil

 
Comments (16)
Thai Basil Chicken
16 Monday, 08 February 2010 19:27
Charlie
This is one of my favorite Thai dishes so, having decided that I wished to learn how to cook it, found this recipe. Its superb. Everyone I have cooked it for has thoroughly enjoyed it. It tastes slightly different from my local Thai restaurant and having asked, I know they they don't use any Oyster sauce. Seems strange to me but there we go. I shall try this variation too.

Give it a go - you'll love it!!
Soe Wai Dee Ca!!!
15 Wednesday, 02 December 2009 23:24
I love kapawka so much and som tam so much Na Ja Pee!
Pee you know what when i live in thailand my mom make for me
every time Na Ja.
Hi Aunchalee
14 Thursday, 12 November 2009 06:22
Hanumantha Rao
Thank you very much for sharing these delicious recipes
Sorry
13 Thursday, 16 April 2009 19:24
Der
Oops....stupid me! I see Krapow Gai in brackets.
Oooh!
12 Wednesday, 15 April 2009 16:38
Der
Aha....Mike....but I don't think it's krapow....I believe the Basil is Horapa. ;-)

PS You see Anchallee.....when teaching Westerners about Thai food, even the basics confuse people but you are doing a good job here of explaining a lot of these things eg Sweet Basic and Holy but as Mike did say, I think it would help to have the Thai name as well.
thai cooling
11 Monday, 16 March 2009 03:44
angelo
thanks so much aunchalee your recipes are great i trie the thai basil chicken and the fried rice and it came out wonderful my whle family loved. Smile
thank u for ur lovely easy to make recipes Aunchalee
10 Tuesday, 03 February 2009 09:56
Seng
Yes, i have tried it and it was lovely...i didnt have the dark soy sauce so i just kinda substituted it with a tsp of sugar to take the saltiness of the oyster sauce. Waiting to get my hands on the dark soy sauce. also i did add a dash of fish sauce at the end, just love the aroma it gives out.
Instructional cooking videos
9 Friday, 23 January 2009 15:14
Derek
Thanks for your great cooking videos Aunchalee! You seem to be a kind, beautiful person, good luck to you always!
Thanks!
8 Sunday, 04 January 2009 20:40
Aunchalee
Thanks Daniel!

I'm glad you find it useful. We are working on it to produce more recipe.
Thai Foodcast Website
7 Friday, 02 January 2009 16:20
Daniel
Thank you for your wonderful website! Your videos with the step by step methods have helped me so much in understanding Thai cooking techniques. Please, CONTINUE! And all the best for the new year!!
Yes there's more on the way
6 Friday, 02 January 2009 04:31
Thanks for the kind words. There are more recipes on the way, we're also working on a DVD and a Cookbook!
Thai Cooking
5 Wednesday, 31 December 2008 01:48
Cody
These recipe's are great! Will you be adding more recipe's to the site? I'm sure others would want to see more of your great cooking!
Thanks
4 Wednesday, 03 September 2008 04:46
Aunchalee
Thanks for the comment. Please adjust the recipe to suit your taste. This is how I like to make it Laughing
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3 Tuesday, 12 August 2008 02:14
May
I have, and I felt that it was a bit salty and there was way too much sauce. It was alright. Smile Smile
Thai names for dishes
2 Monday, 04 August 2008 16:23
Mike Jackson
You should put the thai name for dishes (krapow gai, etc.) along with the english name of each recipe so we can learn both
Feedback
1 Monday, 14 July 2008 04:43
Nok
Hey...anybody try this recipe yet? Wink