Thai chicken basil fried rice is a delicious fried rice.I have always had it in the Thai restaurants and wanted to try it out at home .So looked at a couple of recipes online and came up with this one . The highlight of this dish is the unique taste of basil .This is best made with left over rice or rice which is chilled. The vegetarian version can be made by replacing the chicken with Tofu or just with the veggies only. The fish and oyster sauce is required in the original recipe but I just omitted it as am not a big fan of the same .This dish is also very easy to make .If you have not tried it, I would highly recommend you try it out! Please read on for my version of this recipe.
Thai Chicken Basil Fried Rice
A delicious stir fried rice made with chicken, basil leaves,bell peppers,carrots, snap peas, scrambled eggs based on the Thai cuisine and perfect for dinners .
Ingredients
- 5 oz boneless chicken chopped
- 1/2 cup red bell pepper
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper
- 2 carrots diced
- 4 beans diced
- 5-6 snow peas diced
- 1 inch ginger cut into long thin stripes
- 2-3 garlic pods cut into small pieces
- 4 -5 shallots
- 3-4 Thai serrano chillies
- 1/2 a cup chopped spring onions
- 1 cup chopped basil leaves
- 1 bunch chopped coriander
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp fish sauce (optional)
- 1 tsp oyster sauce (optional)
- 1 tsp Thai curry paste(optional)
- 1 tsp red chilly flakes
- 4 cups Left over chilled rice.
Directions
- Cut the chicken to small bite sizes .
- Take 3-4 tsp oil in a pan and sautée shallots, garlic, ginger , thai chillies and crushed red chilly flakes .
- Add chicken and fry on high heat.
- Next move the chicken to the side and scramble eggs in the side of the pan.
- Add soy sauce(and fish/oyster sauces if using) ,curry paste and sautée for a few minutes.
- Add bell peppers, snow-peas,carrots, beans, spring onions.
- Stir fry for about 6 -7 minutes.
- Add chopped basil and coriander leaves.
- Add salt to taste
- Cook until chicken is well done.
- Finally add left over rice and mix well.
- Garnish with spring onions, sliced cucumbers and chopped basil leaves.
- Thai chicken basil fried rice is ready to be served! Enjoy 🙂
49 Comments
Katrina
June 7, 2017 at 9:10 amYUM! This looks delicious. And I’m a sucker for basil.
InspiresN
June 7, 2017 at 9:18 amMe too ! love the taste and aroma of basil .Thank you Katrina!
afoodiehousewife
June 7, 2017 at 9:21 amThe name itself had me drooling!! sounds and looks sooo good!!!
InspiresN
June 7, 2017 at 9:30 amThank you so much Mallika, love fried rice any time!
Dippy-Dotty Girl
June 7, 2017 at 12:27 pmThat does look delicious 🙂 Anything that has basil and soy is in my list of favourites xx
InspiresN
June 7, 2017 at 12:36 pmThanks dear, Thai cusines is one of my favorites as well ! and yes Basil love it 🙂
Dippy-Dotty Girl
June 7, 2017 at 12:57 pmI have found a Thai eatery nearby but they use fish sauce too liberally (wrinkles nose) so I cannot wait to get started in our own kitchen soon 😉
InspiresN
June 7, 2017 at 3:58 pmSame here, I can’t take the strong taste of it either .. I can imagine you must be eagerly waiting to get started in your kitchen now !
Dippy-Dotty Girl
June 7, 2017 at 4:33 pmOoh yeah after the shipment arrives though. Just a couple of more weeks and I should be able to cook everything. The possibilities then! Ah how much I took the kitchen for granted.
InspiresN
June 7, 2017 at 6:01 pmoh I see, some more exploring new cuisines till then..About taking the kitchen for granted Lol ,can’t agree more ..the craving for home made food after a few days of eating out is so true ..You are welcome to my place if you come to NC!
Dippy-Dotty Girl
June 7, 2017 at 6:32 pmAw you are sweet. I shall definitely remember this invite. We do have plans to visit North Carolina (I am assuming that ’tis NC) because Adi studied at Wake Forest University.
InspiresN
June 7, 2017 at 6:50 pmThank you, that’s awesome, sounds exciting. yes it is North Carolina and there are some great universities around here.
kevinontheirminds
June 7, 2017 at 2:39 pmYUM!!! That looks super duper good! I will defiantly try it sometime!!!!
Best,
The Kid Klinic
InspiresN
June 7, 2017 at 3:59 pmThank you so much! appreciate it!
Anshu Agarwal
June 7, 2017 at 3:02 pmLooking scrumptious !!
InspiresN
June 7, 2017 at 4:00 pmThank you so much Anshu! for the comments
Jyoti Rao :)
June 7, 2017 at 5:12 pmThat looks delicious. Gonna try this soon. Thanks for sharing 🙂
InspiresN
June 7, 2017 at 5:50 pmThank you so much Jyoti! Sure do try it out ,am sure you’ll like it!
Matters of Living
June 7, 2017 at 6:20 pmlooks great. I must try this
InspiresN
June 8, 2017 at 1:35 pmThank you so much, appreciate your comments.
Lavs Raj
June 7, 2017 at 11:04 pmWoww.. this looks super delicious 😋 We have been addicted to thai basil fried rice recently – so much that we get it every weekend for a month now.. i know! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe Nisha.. may be next weekend we will make it at home 😀
InspiresN
June 8, 2017 at 12:32 pmThanks dear, we also always end up ordering fried rice everytime …you will definitely love the home made version , enjoy!
Misabella
June 8, 2017 at 5:20 amYummmmm! I am so going to try this recipe out very soon! Thanks so much for the recipe 🙂
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InspiresN
June 8, 2017 at 12:34 pmGreat to hear that Misabella, hope you will love it as well ! I will definitely check out your site as well .Thank you!
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InspiresN
June 8, 2017 at 1:39 pmThank you so much Deborah for tagging me! I only saw this message now as it went to my spam folder . I will definitely look into the blue sky tag and continue it in a couple of days.
LUCIESEVIOUR
June 8, 2017 at 1:03 pmThis looks delicious!! X
InspiresN
June 8, 2017 at 1:09 pmThank you so much Lucieseviour
LUCIESEVIOUR
June 8, 2017 at 1:17 pmHave followed, love seeing all the new things to try!
InspiresN
June 8, 2017 at 1:25 pmEnjoy! you have a great blog as well and looking forward to reading your posts!
LUCIESEVIOUR
June 8, 2017 at 1:43 pmThank you!!! Xx
bymy
June 11, 2017 at 9:22 amI love Thai food and this dish is looking amazing ! Do you know how to make pad Thai sauce??
InspiresN
June 12, 2017 at 10:08 pmThank you so much! I do have a recipe for pad Thai from a cookbook although I have not tried it out yet, will definitely post it sometime.
bymy
June 13, 2017 at 2:35 amgood luck and i will be waiting for your amazing recipe 🙂
chukkiskitchen
June 12, 2017 at 2:39 amWow I love thai food and this looks so mouthwatering. i am sure there were no leftovers
InspiresN
June 12, 2017 at 10:11 pmThank you Pooja! Yes you guessed right ,no leftovers at all , Infact I couldn’t even get a picture of the fried rice on a plate 🙂
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June 28, 2017 at 11:19 amMy hubby loves fried rice! Thanks for this amazing recipe!!❤
InspiresN
July 16, 2017 at 6:14 pmThank you for the comment, appreciate it!
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July 16, 2017 at 6:14 pmSure I will check it out.Thanks for stopping by!
Michael J.
June 29, 2017 at 11:42 pmGreat food and a great pic as well.
InspiresN
July 16, 2017 at 6:12 pmThank you so much , appreciate it!
Diane
April 13, 2019 at 4:53 amI had to check out your rice recipes! I love Thai and Fried Rice and this sounds delicious!
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Lathiya
December 11, 2020 at 8:15 pmThe Thai chicken basil fried rice look so scrumptious. Love to try this soon.