Thai Basil Chicken Fried Rice
A flavorful Thai-inspired fried rice dish with chicken, fresh basil, and a savory sauce made with oyster sauce, fish sauce, and red curry paste.
Ingredients
- 1½ tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- ½ tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon red curry paste
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 cups cooked jasmine rice, chilled
- 3 large garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 Thai chile, chopped
- ½ red bell pepper, chopped
- ½ medium onion, chopped
- 2 eggs
- 4 ounces chicken
- 1 cup Thai basil leaves
- to taste green onion
Instructions
- 1
Whisk together oyster sauce, fish sauce, soy sauce, and water. Set aside.
- 2
Heat oil in a wok over medium-high heat.
- 3
Add the garlic and chili peppers and stir fry for 30 seconds. Add red curry paste.
- 4
Add the red pepper and onion and stir fry until the onion is translucent. Add the chicken with the onion and red pepper and cook until chicken is done.
- 5
Push ingredients in the wok aside and quickly scramble the eggs.
- 6
Add the oyster sauce mixture and stir everything together.
- 7
Raise the heat to high and add the chilled rice. Stir until blended with the sauce and other ingredients, breaking up clumps of rice with the back of a spoon.
- 8
Add more soy, oyster, or fish sauce if necessary or to taste.
- 9
Add green onion and basil and stir to combine.