Thai Basil Chicken Recipes

Adapted from Cooking Light Spicy Thai Basil Chicken. Quick and easy weeknight dinner!

Hot and slightly spicy, this dish warms the bones in colder weather.

My brother-in- law is Isan Thai and for anyone who has been to Thailand knows Basil chicken is ubiquitous there. Way more than Pad Thai that most Americans think of and FYI there is nothing like "Thai" Peanut Sauce there. We introduced my brother-in-law to how great peanut butter is and he asked what else you could make with it. We laughed at the irony. But I digress. Besides the fact that I use waaaaay less oil (they put a whole ladle full for 1 serving; you wake up with oily lips every day) this tastes exactly like what you'd get on the streets of Bangkok. This is the recipe that he makes for me and gave me. In my opinion the spicier the better. Enjoy!

This is also great if you do 1/2 chicken and 1/2 shrimp. Green Beans are awesome in this dish and I don't even care for them normally! Makes a great one pot dish, better than take out! This is a double recipe and freezes well - I make some for dinner and freeze the rest into lunch or dinner sized portions and reheat in microwave once thawed. YUM!

Just a little twist on a traditional dish. Using sesame oil instead of vegetable or canola and brown rice instead of jasmine long grain.

Traditional Thai dish lightened up a bit but still packed with flavor , I like to serve on a bed of finely shredded cabbage for a change from rice

A stir-fried chicken dish with Thai flavorings

Chicken Stir-Fry

The majority of cook time is cooking the rice --- if you are not serving with rice, the cook time is only about 10 minutes.

This is a very healthy and quick stir fry. It is easy to make but looks and tastes like it took a long time!

Ground chicken basil and green beans. Tasty with a little kick. You might adjust the sauces to taste as well. Those are just rough estimates.

A Spicy Healthy Thai Dish

I made this for dinner tonight with stuff I had in the house. I decided to try out the Sparkpeople recipe calculator, as it came out pretty well and I'll probably make it again. After all, if I enter the ingredients here, I won't have to enter them all individually in the nutrition tracker the next time!

Quick, easy, spicy, reasonably healthy and the whole family likes it.

I bought a huge bag of Thai basil at the Asian grocery store the other day, and I couldn't think of what to do with it... and then it hit me: Thai pesto! As I'm currently limiting my carbohydrate intake, I chose to use shirataki noodles (aka, "miracle noodles"), which pack a lot of fiber with only 1 gram net carbs. Rice noodles would also work well, if you can't find shirataki, or just don't care for the taste/texture of it.

Easy dish that serves lots. I'm not sure how many servings. I measured 2 cups for me and I was full.

1 Yellow Squash, Fresh, medium size, about 6"
1 Zucchini, Fresh, medium size, about 6"
1 Onion, medium
1/2 C White Rice
2 eggs
1 12.5 oz Can Chicken Breast
1 T Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 T Chili Oil
1 t Red pepper flakes
10 leaves fresh basil
2 T fresh basil, chopped
1 T Minced Garlic
2 T Fish Sauce

Yummy recipe adapted for my son's gluten free/allergen free diet. Includes aromatic lemon basil and spicy chili garlic sauce.

This is not a ridgid recipie, I had fun making it up, have fun recreating it!

Saw this on Youtube. Very delicious.

Easy, healthy, delicious classic Thai stir-fry

This recipe is from atkins.com and it is for the first phase of the diet. I really enjoyed this dish, but I recommend using low-sodium because mine was a little salty. Otherwise it was really yummy.

Love, love this recipe!