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Thai Basil Chicken
A healthy meal that is quick and easy to prepare. You’ll love this classic Thai Basil Chicken recipe!
Ingredients
Stir-Fry Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 to 4 Thai bird chiles, chopped (and seeded, if you prefer less heat)
- 1 shallot, minced
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 cup packed Thai basil leaves
Sauce Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoons dark soy sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons white granulated sugar
Instructions
- Make the stir-fry sauce. In a small bowl, whisk together the stir-fry sauce ingredients until combined.
- Sauté. Heat the oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, Thai bird chiles, shallot. Sauté for 1 minute, stirring occasionally. Add the chicken and cook, stirring and breaking up the chicken with a wooden spoon occasionally, until it is cooked through and browned. Add the sauce and toss until evenly combined.
- Add the Thai basil. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the basil and toss until it begins to wild.
- Serve. Serve immediately over rice or noodles and enjoy!
Notes
This recipe was updated slightly in 2023.
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
Ali’s tip:
Feel free to serve this with jasmine rice, noodles, or in iceberg lettuce leaves (for lettuce wraps).
Basil is one of my favorite herbs. I am sure I’d love this chicken… In fact, I’m craving it right now!
mm. this is my kind of dish. i’m going to try it this week with the purple basil i got at the market today–not sure how that compares to thai basil but let’s go with it. Also can I substitute oyster or hoisin sauce for fish sauce?
This looks absolutely AMAZING. yum!
I’ve bookmarked it, maybe I’ll treat the bf to this delicious dish sometime soon. :)
Oops! Thanks Heather & Nicole — forgot to mention that I did end up using chunks of chicken instead of ground. (The selection of ground at the store that week didn’t look so good!) Although, and you can’t totally tell by the picture, they’re actually cut up super small.
Feel free to use whatever chicken you’d like!
That doesn’t look like ground chicken in the picture? Was there a typo?
This sounds so tasty and easy, perfect recipe to break in my wok. Looks like you used chunks of chicken instead of ground.. I think I’ll have tomtrynit that way, looks great that way!
I have a ton of basil in my yard, more than I can keep up with, so this recipe would be perfect! Thanks.
Hey Becki!
Sure – I think the dish would still be good, but it will be different. Thai basil is usually a little more sweet, and has a slight anise kick in it. But with the other seasonings in the dish, I’m sure it’ll still taste very similar. :)
Enjoy!!
~A
Would this still taste good with regular basil?
Oh – this looks great. I have thai basil in my garden – I’m going with make this dish with it! thanks!