Thai Spicy Basil Fried Rice. This is the best thai chicken fried rice filled with a savoury spicy flavour that totally hits the spot. Perfect for dinner or lunch.
I am so VERY excited to share this recipe with you! It's my version of Thai chilli basil fried rice with chicken. It honestly satisfies all your tastebuds thanks to the savoury flavour of the fish sauce, to the spiciness of the chillies and the sweetness from the sugar.
You will not be able to stop at one bowl for this Thai fried basil rice. You will want seconds and possibly a third bowl so if you're feeding a large family, you may want to double the portion size.
This Thai spicy basil fried rice recipe is really easy to make and only calls for 30 minutes of your time. Making it a fantastic meal for those long days after work when you're craving Thai food but you don't want to make a trip to the restaurant to get some.
My Thai chili and basil fried rice is similar to Pad Gra Pow but the rice and the chicken topping is all mixed in.
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Watch how I made this!
For this recipe
You will need the following ingredients for my Thai spicy basil fried rice with chicken:
1 chicken breast
2 cups thai or normal basil
3 red chillies, finely chopped
2 tsp garlic
⅛ tsp salt
2 tbsp avocado oil
1 ½ cups jasmine rice uncooked cooked in a rice cooker (when cooked it's about 3-4 cups of cooked rice)
3 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp fish sauce
½ tbsp sugar
1 tbsp sesame oil
Marinade for chicken:
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp soy sauce
Optional: 2 eggs fried
How to make Thai spicy basil fried rice
First marinate your chicken with soy sauce and fish sauce. Set aside.
Then in a small bowl, crush your red chillies, garlic and salt until it's crushed.
In a hot pan set over medium high heat, add your avocado oil followed by the chicken. Fry on both sides until mostly cooked.
Add your crushed chilli with garlic and mix into the chicken.
Mix in your basil.
Quickly add in your cooked rice and break it apart.
Season the rice with oyster sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, sugar and give it a good mix. Transfer to a serving bowl.
In the same pan, remove any rice granules with a paper towel. Add some oil and fry as many eggs as desired until crispy along the eggs sunny side up.
Place egg over top of your rice. Enjoy your Thai chili and basil fried rice!
Give it a try!
Well I hope you give my Thai Spicy Basil Fried Rice recipe a try! It always excites me when you guys make my recipes and I hope this is one you try.
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Thai Spicy Basil Fried Rice (30-min. Recipe)
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast
- 2 cups Thai basil
- 3 red chillies finely chopped
- 2 tsp garlic
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp avocado oil
- 4 cups jasmine rice cooked
- 3 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- ½ tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
Marinade for chicken:
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 2 fried eggs optional
Instructions
- How to make spicy thai basil chicken fried rice
- First marinate your chicken with soy sauce and fish sauce. Set aside.
- Then in a small bowl, crush your red chillies, garlic and salt until it's crushed.
- In a hot pan set over medium high heat, add your avocado oil followed by the chicken. Fry on both sides until mostly cooked.
- Add your crushed chilli with garlic and mix into the chicken.
- Mix in your basil.
- Quickly add in your cooked rice and break it apart.
- Season the rice with oyster sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, sugar and give it a good mix. Transfer to a serving bowl.
- In the same pan, remove any rice granules with a paper towel. Add some oil and fry as many eggs as desired until crispy along the eggs sunny side up.
- Place egg over top of your rice. Enjoy!
Love all the flavours (and chillies) happening in this Thai spicy basil fried rice! I could use a bowl right now! YUM!
Ohhh yum! This looks amazing, Christie. I might turn the heat down for the kids, by omitting the chillies, but otherwise this is definitely going to become a family favourite around here - we love fried rice and this looks just marvellous.
This fried rice bowl looks so flavorful! I absolutely love how this dish is Thai, too - one of the best cuisines!
Your amazing rice dish looks so so tempting!! Making your fried rice with avocado oil is so smart, and I love the basil and chillies you added!
This fried rice looks really tasty!
We love Thai Basil so much in our household, so this fried rice is definitely a favourite - gorgeous flavours!
I've been growing Thai basil and only using it for Thai basil chicken, so now I have another use for it 🙂 Looks so delicious - Etienne and I love all things spicy! And Thai!
I am such a sucker for anything with Thai basil, I cannot wait to make this! Beautifully done! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy it!
This is one of my husband and my favorite Thai dishes!! We usually use ground pork, but I cannot wait to try your version. We'll make ours nice and spicy and definitely with a fried egg!