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Minced chicken with Thai basil

Name: Minced chicken with Thai basil
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: /asian recipes
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 4 garlic cloves, chopped; 1 teaspoon grated ginger; 1 long red chilli, seeds removed, chopped, plus extra finely sliced chilli to serve; 500g chicken breast mince; 4 kaffir lime leaves*, finely sliced; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce; 1 tablespoon kecap manis*; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 200ml chicken stock; 1 cup Thai basil leaves*; 2 tablespoons chopped roasted peanuts; 4 spring onions, thinly sliced; Leaves from 1 butter lettuce; Boiled jasmine rice, to serve (optional)

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Minced chicken with thai basil (low-fat)

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Ingredients (16)

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 garlic cloves, chopped
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1 long red chilli, seeds removed, chopped, plus extra finely sliced chilli to serve
500g chicken breast mince
4 kaffir lime leaves*, finely sliced
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon kecap manis*
1 tablespoon brown sugar
200ml chicken stock
1 cup Thai basil leaves*
2 tablespoons chopped roasted peanuts
4 spring onions, thinly sliced
Leaves from 1 butter lettuce
Boiled jasmine rice, to serve (optional)

Method

1.

Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, ginger and chilli and cook for 1 minute. Increase heat to high, add chicken and cook, stirring constantly, for 5-6 minutes until cooked through. Add the shredded lime leaves, fish and oyster sauces, kecap manis, brown sugar and stock, and cook for a further 1-2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in basil and nuts. Serve chicken on lettuce leaves topped with spring onion and chilli, accompanied by boiled rice if desired.

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