Stir-fried chicken with chillies & basil

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
• 450g Chicken
• 3 tblsp chopped Garlic
• 3 tblsp chopped Shallots
• 3 Red Chilli
• 2 tablespoons Fish Sauce
• 2 tsp Soy Sauce
• 2 tsp Sugar
• Handful Basil Leaves

Quantities are the original recipe’s. The cost is our own estimate — typical own-brand supermarket prices for these quantities, divided by 4 servings. TheMealDB does not state how many a dish serves, so 4 is our assumption, not theirs. Treat it as “about this much a head”, not a shopping bill.

Method

1. Get a wok or large frying pan really hot, then pour in half the oil.
2. Add the chicken and let it sear over high heat for 8-10 minutes, turning now and then, until it's browned on all sides.
3. Lift the chicken out with a slotted spoon and set it aside, leaving the pan on the heat.
4. Pour in the rest of the oil, then tip in the garlic and shallots.
5. Fry for 3 minutes, stirring often, until they turn golden.
6. Put the chicken back into the wok along with the chillies, fish sauce, soy sauce and sugar.
7. Keep the heat high and stir-fry for a further 8-10 minutes, until the chicken is fully cooked through.
8. Take off the heat, stir through the basil leaves and serve immediately.

These steps were written by StreetOwl from the original recipe, in British English, with every oven temperature and cooking time checked against the source. They are not the original author’s words. If anything reads oddly, the original is linked below and it wins.