Thai Basil Stir Fry Recipes

Steps:

• Bring rice and water to a boil in a pot. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes.
• In a bowl, mix the coconut milk, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, fish sauce, and red pepper flakes.
• In a skillet or wok, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Stir in the onion, ginger, and garlic, and cook until lightly browned. Mix in chicken strips, and cook about 3 minutes, until browned. Stir in the coconut milk sauce. Continue cooking until sauce is reduced be about 1/3. Mix in mushrooms, green onions, and basil, and cook until heated through. Serve over the cooked rice.

Steps:

• Combine the stir-fry sauce ingredients together in a cup, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Set near the stove. Heat a wok or large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add 2-3 Tbsp. oil and swirl around, then add the shallot, garlic, and chili. Stir-fry 1-2 minutes. Add the chicken and continue stir-frying 3-4 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink. When the wok/pan becomes dry, add 1-2 Tbsp. of the sherry/wine to keep ingredients frying nicely. Add the red pepper, plus another Tbsp. of sherry/wine as needed. Continue stir-frying 1 more minute. Reduce heat to medium-low and add the stir-fry sauce. Stir and let the dish gently simmer while you prepare the basil. If you prefer more sauce with your stir-fry: add some, or all, of the optional chicken stock and lime juice. Stir and let the dish gently simmer. While ingredients are simmering, prepare your basil. Setting a handful aside for the garnish, mound the rest of the basil together into a compressed pile. Slice into thin shreds (you can also stack the leaves on top of each another, then roll them up and thinly slice). Reduce heat to minimum and add the prepared basil, gently folding it into the dish. Now taste-test for salt and spice, adding more lime juice if too salty, or more fish sauce if not salty enough. Add more chili if you'd like it spicier (Tip: this dish is meant to taste spicy-salty). Serve with plenty of plain steamed rice to balance out the instense flavors of this dish. Sprinkle each portion with some of the reserved basil, and ENJOY!

Steps:

• Stir-fry garlic and chili in the oil.
• Add the chicken, both soy sauces, the fish sauce, chili paste and white pepper.
• When the chicken is browned and almost cooked add the bell peppers and onion.
• When the veggies are done at the very last moment add the thai basil until just wilted and serve over rice.
• **note** if you want to make it vegetarian replace the chicken with some tofu. If you cant find Thai basil I would try regular basil although it wont be as authentic.