Thai Basil Chicken recipe was sent to me by a friend of mine when I barely knew how to boil water. She told me it was a really easy chicken recipe and that it was also a crowd pleaser. Ever since, it’s one of my favorite go-to recipes when I have people over. Plus, it’s in my regular rotation that I’ve been making it once every other week or sometimes even once a week!
[ UPDATE* Took newer photos of this recipe!! :D ]
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Older photo here showing that you can use whatever vegetables you like:
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THAI BASIL CHICKEN RECIPE | EASY THAI RECIPES
times: 30 minutes
serves: 4
Ingredients for Marinade
- 2 tablespoons lager-style beer
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce (we use this one)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper (or black pepper)
- 12 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Ingredients for Marinade Sauce
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon lager-style beer
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce (my mom swears by this one)
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable, canola or peanut oil
- 2 teaspoons chopped garlic
- 4 ounces asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolved in 2 teaspoons water
- 1 fresh jalapeno chili, thinly sliced into rings (optional)
- 1/4 cup lightly packed Thai basil or sweet basil leaves.
- 1/2 cup roasted cashews
Directions
- Combine the marinade ingredients in a bowl.
- Add the chicken and stir to coat. Let stand for 15 minutes.
- Combine the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
- Place a wok or wide saute pan over high heat until hot. Add the oil, swirling to coat the sides.
- Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 10 seconds.
- Stir in the chicken and asparagus and cook, stirring constantly until the chicken is no longer pink, about 2 minutes.
- Add the sauce and bring to boil.
- Add the cornstarch solution and cook, stirring, until sauce thickens, about 1 minute.
- Remove pan from heat and stir in jalapeño chili, basil leaves, and cashews.
Notes
- If the sauce does not thicken within a couple of minutes, I usually continue to add more & more cornstarch solution until it does thicken.
- You can see a list of different lager-style beers on beer advocate. Our new favorite is now New Belgium 1554, a black lager, but we often also used Yuengling, an amber lager. We encourage you to cook with different kinds to see which one you fancy. There’s a huge difference in flavor with richer and darker lagers versus lighter lagers. :)
- I also made the recipe with bell peppers instead of asparagus. You can use any veggies you like.
- Since I like my food spicy, I like to add two jalapeños peppers and stir it in the heat for 1 minute.
- If you don’t have fish sauce, you can add an additional 1 1/2 tsp soy sauce instead).
Let me know if you end up trying this Thai basil chicken recipe!
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This looks so yum!
Such mouth watering pictures. Cant wait to try this!
My mouth is watering!
Whoaa this looks amazing, and so easy! My family LOVES thai food, although we usually end up going out to get it, which isn’t always the best. Definitely trying this soon!
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:) Let me know how it turns out!!
MMMM sounds so good! but i have an aversion to fish sauce (thanks to my oldest brother) . .. . but i might have to get some just to try this recipe thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much Laura! :) I am not particularly fond of fish sauce either. I actually don’t like fish or anything that smells like fish.. but you can’t actually taste it in the recipe.. you just have to smell it during the prep process though. haha
I’ve never tried Thai food, but this looks delicious!
Oh really? You have to try it at least once! :) I would say thai food is the least “asian” of all the foods out there. Well.. I guess there’s panda express.. But in general there are so many thai restaurants catered to non-asians.
Saving this for when I’m back at school and actually think I want to cook! looks yummy!
Yay! :) Can’t wait for you to try it!
YUM! This looks amazing.
Thanks Ashley! :D
Looks yummy! I love to try new recipes, will be adding this to the books!
Thanks Leanna. I’m excited for you to try it! :)
That looks delicious!! Thai food is so good.
Thanks Alicia! :)
love thai food. especially chicken and cashew recipes! looks great :)
same here! :) I crave it at least once a week. thank you!
so cool and looks yummmy x
Thank you Mia!
Oh my gosh, YUM!!!
Thanks Carly! :)
I am so hungry for this! Sounds delicious and thank you for the recipe! <3
Thanks for reading! :) I hope you get to try it out! This is one of my go-to recipes when I cook for guests too.
That looks so GOOD! I wish I could get my husband to be a little more adventurous with his eating :(
Thanks Sarah! What does he normally like to eat? :) This one is pretty “safe.” All our non-asian friends love the recipe. It doesn’t taste like a thai specific dish. You can even just call it a basil chicken dish cooked with beer :D
my mouth is watering! pinned!
Yay! I hope you get to try it out! :)
Looks so yummy, and I love the pictures you took. Very artsy! (:
Thanks so much Lyssa! :)
This looks so good! Andy and I just spent the last 10 minutes reading through all your food posts by the way haha
Thanks girl!! Let me know if you end up making any of the recipes. We should swap recipes! :)
This sounds super delicious, pinning it to try at later date
:) Thank you!
Yum! Love Thai Basil, so this sound awesome. PInning this for later too :)
Yay! hope you get to try it! :)
This sounds just absolutely yummylicious! I love asparragus and I really really need to try this out!
Thank you! It’s great with asparagus but other veggies as well! :)
This sounds sooo good. I need to try it for sure!
Thank you @oliveandivy:disqus! :) Please let me know how it turns out if you try it!
Keep it coming with these amazing recipes! Maybe then when my husband is home from summer ball I will make him dinner haha.
haha so I usually do all the new recipe testing.. but Jacob helps with cooking a LOT… or I should say he does most of the day to day cooking. I should give him a lot more credit! :)
Looks amazing as usual! Your photos are just wonderful :)
Thanks so much! :)
OMG this looks amazing. My mouth is literally watering. Totally going to make this. Thanks for the great recipe.
I hope you do! It’s super easy! I only make easy meals. :)
Mmmmm that looks so delicious!
Thank you Brooke! :)
I love your blog! That picture at the top is the best! That food looks to die for! I love me some Thai food!
Thank you so much Charlie! :) I crave thai food at least once a week!