Chicken (or mushroom) basil recipe
Submitted on Tuesday, 05/20/08
To those who were interested in the Thai cooking workshop, the recipe is here! Click "read more" below for the full recipe.
Ingredients for 1 serving:
- 1-2 cloves of garlic
- 0-6 Thai chili peppers
- A handful of basil
- 0.25 lbs. ground or diced chicken or an equivalent amount of diced mushrooms
- Oil, sugar, fish sauce
Preparation:
- Begin by mashing together the chili peppers and garlic with a mortar and pestle. If a mortar and pestle is not available, mince the garlic and peppers and mix them together.
- Heat some oil in a pan.
- Brown the garlic and pepper mixture in the pan.
- Add the chicken or mushrooms.
- Add a bit of fish sauce, and a bit of sugar (a teaspoon or less) to cut the spiciness of the chili peppers.
- When the chicken has been sufficiently cooked, add the basil.
- Enjoy!

