Thai Basil Chicken Fried Rice

Ingredients

• • 3 tablespoons oyster sauce

  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce

  • 1 teaspoon white sugar

  • 1/2 cup peanut oil for frying

  • 4 cups cooked jasmine rice, chilled

  • 6 large cloves garlic clove, crushed

  • 2 serrano peppers, crushed

  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into thin strips

  • 1 red pepper, seeded and thinly sliced

  • 1 onion, thinly sliced

  • 2 cups sweet Thai basil

  • 1 cucumber, sliced (optional)

  • 1/2 cup cilantro sprigs (optional)

Directions

Rice

• 1. Boil 4 cups of water and add 2 cups of cook jasmine rice.

  2. Cook 18 minutes until rice is almost done.

  3. Spread rice on cook sheet and leave out for 30 minutes, stir occasionally.  Rice should steam and get dry before using it for the dish.

Dish

1. Whisk together the oyster sauce, fish sauce, and sugar in a bowl.

2. Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat until the oil begins to smoke.

3. Add the garlic and serrano peppers, stirring quickly.

4. Stir in the chicken, bell pepper, onion and oyster sauce mixture; cook until the chicken is no longer pink.

5. Raise heat to high and stir in the chilled rice; stir quickly until the sauce is blended with the rice. Use the back of a spoon to break up any rice sticking together.

6. Remove from heat and mix in the basil leaves. Garnish with sliced cucumber and cilantro as desired.