Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, basil chicken. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Basil chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Basil chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

Thai basil chicken, better known in Thai as pad kra pao gai (ผัดกระเพราไก่ pad ka prao gai), is a contender for the most popular, and the most beloved Thai street food dish of all time. Thai Basil Chicken is a gold standard Thai chicken recipe that's incredibly fast and easy to make I LOVE Thai Basil Chicken. Just looking at these photos and writing up this post has me peeved that. My version of this classic Thai dish has spectacular taste even with regular basil instead of Thai or holy basil.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook basil chicken using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Basil chicken:

1. Make ready Main dish
2. Take 5 Chicken breasts
3. Prepare 3 tbsp Vegetable oil
4. Make ready 1/2 Onion, sliced thinly
5. Prepare 16 oz Jar prego spaghetti sauce
6. Make ready 1/2 cup Shredded mozzarella or Italian blend cheese
7. Prepare 2 1/2 tsp Classico Basil pesto
8. Make ready 3/4 tbsp Minced garlic

This recipe is always a big hit with the family! It's also quite easy to make. Basil chicken is typically seasoned with a combination of Thai dark soy sauce and oyster sauce. It should be noted that Thai dark soy sauce is quite different from Japanese or Korean dark soy sauce.

Steps to make Basil chicken:

1. Coat baking pan or casserole dish with oil
2. Spread sliced onions in pan
3. Cut chicken breasts to butterfly them. Hint, if they are partially frozen it makes it easier.
4. Spread ½ teaspoon of Basil spread on one half of each chicken
5. Close the chicken halves together and arrange in the pan, over the onions
6. Spread minced garlic over chicken
7. Pour sauce to coat all the chicken pieces
8. Bake for 40 minutes in 375°F oven
9. When baking is complete, sprinkle shredded cheese over the pieces and serve with pasta

Basil chicken is typically seasoned with a combination of Thai dark soy sauce and oyster sauce. It should be noted that Thai dark soy sauce is quite different from Japanese or Korean dark soy sauce. Serve it with rice or noodles and you're all set. I tend to like mine really spicy, but you can make it nice and. Grown throughout Southeast Asia, Thai basil is - no surprise here - used quite predominantly in Thailand, as well as in Vietnam.

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