Thai Basil Chicken Fried Rice is one of those quick and flavorful meals that tastes just like your favorite takeout, but is surprisingly easy to make at home. Tender chicken, fragrant Thai basil, garlic, and perfectly seasoned rice come together to create a dish that's packed with authentic Thai flavors- a fast weeknight dinner that's every bit as delicious as what you'd find in a Thai restaurant!
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- Authentic Thai flavors: Fragrant Thai basil is the star of this recipe, adding its distinctive peppery, slightly sweet aroma that pairs perfectly with tender chicken, colorful vegetables, and savory sauces.
- Quick and easy to make: This recipe comes together in about 30 minutes, making it an excellent choice for busy weeknights. Most of the prep involves chopping vegetables, and using frozen pre-cut veggies can save even more time.
- Perfect for leftover rice: Day-old or chilled rice is ideal for fried rice because it stays separate and absorbs the sauces without becoming mushy, giving you the perfect restaurant-style texture.
- Easy to customize: Swap the chicken for tofu or your favorite vegetables to make it vegetarian. While fish sauce and oyster sauce add authentic Thai flavor, you can omit them if you prefer.
- A complete meal in one pan: Protein, vegetables, and rice are all cooked together, making this a satisfying, well-balanced meal with minimal cleanup.
- Great for meal prep: Leftovers reheat beautifully, making this fried rice perfect for lunchboxes, meal prep, or packing for picnics.
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Ingredients you will need
- Boneless chicken
- Veggies like red bell pepper, green bell pepper, carrots, beans, snow peas, ginger, garlic, shallots, Thai serrano chilies, spring onions, basil leaves, coriander leaves
- Salt to taste
- Sauces: soy sauce, fish sauce (optional), oyster sauce (optional), Thai curry paste (optional), red chilli flakes
- Leftover chilled rice.
How to make Thai Basil Chicken Fried Rice?
Heat oil in a large wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté the shallots, garlic, ginger, Thai chilies, and crushed red pepper flakes until fragrant. Add the chicken and cook over high heat until lightly browned.
Push the chicken to one side of the pan and scramble the eggs. Once cooked, mix them into the chicken. Stir in the soy sauce, fish sauce, and oyster sauce (if using), along with the curry paste, and cook for another minute.
Add the bell peppers, carrots, green beans, snow peas, and spring onions. Stir-fry for 5-7 minutes until the vegetables are crisp-tender. Mix in the chopped Thai basil and cilantro.
Finally, add the chilled or leftover rice and toss everything together until the rice is evenly coated with the sauce and heated through. Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed.
Serve hot, garnished with sliced spring onions, fresh Thai basil leaves, and cucumber slices on the side.
If you liked this recipe, you may also like Thai Shrimp Basil Fried Rice. Pair it with Thai red curry chicken or green Thai curry chicken for a relishing meal.
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Thai Basil Chicken Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 5 oz chicken boneless chopped
- ½ cup bell pepper red
- ½ cup bell pepper green
- 2 carrots diced
- 4 beans diced
- 5-6 snow peas diced
- 1-inch ginger cut into long thin stripes
- 2-3 pods garlic pods cut into small pieces
- 4-5 shallots
- 3-4 chilies Thai serrano
- ½ cup spring onions chopped
- 1 cup basil leaves chopped
- 1 bunch coriander chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp 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 Rice leftover , chilled
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into 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 🙂
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My hubby loves fried rice! Thanks for this amazing recipe!!❤
Thank you for the comment, appreciate it!
Wow I love thai food and this looks so mouthwatering. i am sure there were no leftovers
Thank 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 🙂
I love Thai food and this dish is looking amazing ! Do you know how to make pad Thai sauce??
Thank 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.
good luck and i will be waiting for your amazing recipe 🙂
This looks delicious!! X
Thank you so much Lucieseviour
Have followed, love seeing all the new things to try!
Enjoy! you have a great blog as well and looking forward to reading your posts!
Thank you!!! Xx
Yummmmm! I am so going to try this recipe out very soon! Thanks so much for the recipe 🙂
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Great 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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Woww.. 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 😀
Thanks dear, we also always end up ordering fried rice everytime ...you will definitely love the home made version , enjoy!
looks great. I must try this
Thank you so much, appreciate your comments.
That looks delicious. Gonna try this soon. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you so much Jyoti! Sure do try it out ,am sure you'll like it!
Looking scrumptious !!
Thank you so much Anshu! for the comments
YUM!!! That looks super duper good! I will defiantly try it sometime!!!!
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Thank you so much! appreciate it!
The name itself had me drooling!! sounds and looks sooo good!!!
Thank you so much Mallika, love fried rice any time!
YUM! This looks delicious. And I'm a sucker for basil.
Me too ! love the taste and aroma of basil .Thank you Katrina!
That does look delicious 🙂 Anything that has basil and soy is in my list of favourites xx
Thanks dear, Thai cusines is one of my favorites as well ! and yes Basil love it 🙂
I 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 😉
Same 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 !
Ooh 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.
oh 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!
Aw 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.
Thank you, that's awesome, sounds exciting. yes it is North Carolina and there are some great universities around here.