Easy and Spicy Thai Basil Chicken with Egg

Spicy Thai basil chicken with egg and rice is a quick and easy Asian-inspired meal for lunch or dinner; serve with sliced cucumber and tomato.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 312 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• cooking spray
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled, or more to taste
• 1.5 cups cooked white rice
• 2 Thai chile peppers, or more to taste
• 1 chicken breast half, cut into bite-size pieces
• 14 leaves Thai basil

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Coat a skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat; cook and stir eggs until scrambled and set, about 5 minutes. Divide rice between 2 bowls and add eggs to rice.

Step 2

Grind Thai chile peppers and garlic together with a mortar and pestle or in a food processor.

Step 3

Coat skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat; cook and stir pepper-garlic mixture until fragrant and garlic is golden brown, about 1 minute. Add chicken; cook and stir until chicken is about halfway-cooked, about 3 minutes.

Step 4

Mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar into chicken; cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 3 minutes more. Add basil and stir for 10 seconds. Remove skillet from heat and continue stirring mixture until basil is wilted; spoon over rice and egg.