Thai style garlic chicken
Thai style Garlic Chicken is the ultimate comfort food! Boneless chicken breasts in a garlic and cream sauce are the perfect combination for an easy dinner. This recipe uses simple ingredients and is great for busy weeknights! The best part is that it's quick to prepare! It can be prepared in less than 30 minutes! The perfect side dish to this dish is a side salad or a quick cooked rice and steamed vegetables.
Ingredients
- 400 g Chicken breast cut in strips
- 5-7 cloves Garlic chopped and minced
- ½ tbsp Fish sauce
- 1 tbsp Oyster sauce
- ½ tbsp Raw sugar
- Basil optional, but preferred
- ½ tsp Freshly crushed pepper
- 1-2 pcs Bird's eye chili chopped (optional)
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil
Instructions
- Pour oil in a heated pan.
- Put in the garlic. Saute’ well.
- When the garlic turns golden and sticky, add in the chicken.
- Cook under medium to high heat.
- Season with fish sauce.
Saute the chicken well. It’s more like frying it well, really. What you want is for the chicken to release its fats. The chicken will turn a bit brown; and that is fine. Continue stirring on medium to high heat until the chicken is fried well enough.
- Put in the oyster sauce. Stir well.
- Add the sugar. Continue stirring.
After a while, the dish should be looking like this.
- Add the basil, if using.
- At this point, you can adjust the sweetness and/or saltiness according to your preference.
- Turn off the heat; and do not cover.
- Serve with fried egg and a side of vegetable.
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Notes
The sauce from Honey Garlic Chicken is the perfect accompaniment to any meal! You can pour the sauce over the chicken breasts, dipping them in the garlic sauce. The sauce can be spread over vegetables and rice, or even soaked into it. If you're trying to save money, you can try other flavor combinations to spruce up this dish. They will make your dinner look delicious and go together. Enjoy! It is an easy dinner that everyone will love!