Thai Chicken & Basil Stir Fry Recipe
Ingredients
| 6 dried shiitake mushrooms each 2 to 3 inches in diameter | ||
| Coconut Milk Cooking Sauce recipe follows | ||
| Salad oil | 4 Tablespoon | |
| 1 medium-size yellow onion, thinly sliced and separated into rings | ||
| Garlic | 3 Clove (5gm), pressed | |
| Minced ginger | 2 Tablespoon | |
| 2 whole chicken breasts about 1 lb. each,skinned, boned, and cut into 1/2-inch-wide strips | ||
| Green onions | 5 , cut into pieces | |
Directions
Soak mushrooms in warm water to cover until soft 10 to 15 minutes; drain well.
Cut off and discard stems.
Slice caps into 1/4-inch slivers; set aside.
Prepare Coconut Milk Cooking Sauce; set aside.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a wok or wide frying pan over high heat.
Add yellow onion, garlic, and ginger; cook, stirring, until onion is lightly browned.
With a slotted spoon, transfer onion mixture to a bowl; set aside.
Add chicken to pan, a portion at a time do not crowd pan; cook, stirring, until lightly browned about 3 minutes, adding more oil as needed.
As chicken is cooked, lift out and add to onion mixture.
Pour cooking sauce into pan; boil, stirring constantly, until reduced by about a third.
Return onion mixture and chicken to pan.
Add mushrooms, green onions, and basil; stir just until heated through.
Cut off and discard stems.
Slice caps into 1/4-inch slivers; set aside.
Prepare Coconut Milk Cooking Sauce; set aside.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a wok or wide frying pan over high heat.
Add yellow onion, garlic, and ginger; cook, stirring, until onion is lightly browned.
With a slotted spoon, transfer onion mixture to a bowl; set aside.
Add chicken to pan, a portion at a time do not crowd pan; cook, stirring, until lightly browned about 3 minutes, adding more oil as needed.
As chicken is cooked, lift out and add to onion mixture.
Pour cooking sauce into pan; boil, stirring constantly, until reduced by about a third.
Return onion mixture and chicken to pan.
Add mushrooms, green onions, and basil; stir just until heated through.
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