Thai Chicken with Fresh Basil
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- Number of Servings: 5
Ingredients
1 lb chicken breast cut into 1/4" wide slices8 oz sliced fresh mushrooms, button, shitake or straw2 T canola oil1 medium onion cut pole to pole into 1/4 " half moon slices3 cloves garlic minced2 tablespoons fresh ginger root minced1 1/4 cups loosely packed fresh basil leaves cut into slivers or left whole if using Thai basil 5 medium scallions cut on a sharp diagonal into thin slicesCooking sauce 3/4 cup canned light coconut milk3 T Kikkoman reduced salt soy sauce 3 T rice wine vinegar 1 T Thai fish sauce ( nam pla) 1/2 to 1 t chili pepper flakes 1 T cornstarch dissolved in 1 T water
Place wok over high heat and when pan is hot add 1 T of canola oil and swirl to coat pan, add onion and stir fry until almost translucent, add mushrooms garlic and ginger stir quickly , then 1 T water ,cover and steam 1 minute , vegetables should be just cooked ,move vegetables to a bowl
Heat second T of oil , swirl to coat pan add chicken and stir fry until cooked on the outside but still pink inside, add to bowl with vegetables
Combine sauce ingredients through pepper flakes and bring to boil over high heat stirring until reduced by half add chicken and vegetables back to the pan and return to a boil then stir in the cornstarch mixture and cook another minute until thick and bubbly . sprinkle green onions on top and serve
Serving Size: 5 servings
Number of Servings: 5
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KARENCRAFTER.
Heat second T of oil , swirl to coat pan add chicken and stir fry until cooked on the outside but still pink inside, add to bowl with vegetables
Combine sauce ingredients through pepper flakes and bring to boil over high heat stirring until reduced by half add chicken and vegetables back to the pan and return to a boil then stir in the cornstarch mixture and cook another minute until thick and bubbly . sprinkle green onions on top and serve
Serving Size: 5 servings
Number of Servings: 5
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KARENCRAFTER.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 210.9
- Total Fat: 9.3 g
- Cholesterol: 52.6 mg
- Sodium: 694.1 mg
- Total Carbs: 6.7 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.4 g
- Protein: 23.4 g
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