Thai Chicken Green Beans Recipe - Pad Kra Pao Gai - Ground Chicken Recipes - Thai Basil Chicken

Thai basil leaves

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: sweet basil

Spinach offers similar nutrition and is more accessible.

oyster sauce

🥗Healthier: mushroom sauce

💰Cheaper: soy sauce

Mushroom sauce provides umami without shellfish.

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: ground turkey

Tofu is plant-based and lower in calories.

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce is a common substitute for flavor.

Heat sunflower oil in a wok over high heat.

Add minced garlic, ginger, and onion; sauté for a few seconds.

Add minced chicken and cook for about 4 minutes, stirring constantly until crumbled.

Add snap beans, fish sauce, soy sauce, and optional chili; stir and cook for another 1-2 minutes.

Fold in Thai basil and remove from heat.

Fry an egg separately.

Serve the chicken mixture over cooked white rice with the fried egg on top.

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