This Thai Basil Chicken is the perfect east weeknight meal. Taking only 20 minutes from start to serving, it’s a great flavorful meal to add into your weekly rotation.
What you need to make this Easy Thai Basil Chicken:
- ground Chicken
- olive oil
- shallots
- ginger
- garlic
- green beans
- lime
- basil
- soy sauce
- fish sauce
- and coconut sugar
this easy to make meal uses only 11 ingredients and one pot to cook!
Easy Thai Basil Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 shallots, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp ginger, freshly grated
- 3 cloves garlic, freshly grated
- 1 cup green beans, ends trimmed & cut into 1-inch piece
- 1 lime
- 1 bunch thai basil, torn or roughly chopped
Sauce
- 4 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp coconut sugar
Instructions
- Mix together sauce ingredients until sugar is dissolved then set aside.
- In a wok or large pan, heat oil on medium heat. Add sliced shallots, and grated ginger and garlic. Sauté for 2-3 minutes, just until onions re translucent and garlic just starts to turn brown.
- Add in ground chicken then mix in onion mixture so it doesn't burn. Spread the meat out then let sit untouched for about 2-3 minutes so the bottom can brown. Break the chicken up to continue cooking, stirring occasionally until most of juices have evaporated, about 3-4 minutes.
- Mix in trimmed and cut green beans. Cook until green beans turn bright green but are still crunchy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Pour in sauce and let cook for about 3-4 minutes for sauce to caramelize. Squeeze in juice from half a lime. Then remove from heat and toss in torn basil. Serve over a bowl of rice.