Thai Fried Rice

Name: Thai Fried Rice
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb cubed chicken thigh; 3 tbsp canola oil; 4 cups cooked rice, preferably Thai jasmine rice that has been prepared 24 hours in advance; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tbsp Golden Mountain sauce; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp lime juice; 4 eggs, beaten and seasoned with salt and pepper; 2-3 sliced Thai red chiles; 6 minced garlic cloves; 1 minced shallot; 1 chopped white onion; 2 chopped green onions; 1 chopped tomato; 1/2 cup chopped cilantro; 1 cup Thai basil; Pinch sugar (if needed); Fresh lime slice (optional)

Kevin Salchert @kevinsalchert

Thai Fried Rice

Kevin Salchert @kevinsalchert

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Ingredients

1 lbcubed chicken thigh
3 tbspcanola oil
4 cupscooked rice, preferably Thai jasmine rice that has been prepared 24 hours in advance
1 tbspfish sauce
1 tbspGolden Mountain sauce
2 tbspoyster sauce
1 tbsplime juice
4eggs, beaten and seasoned with salt and pepper
2-3sliced Thai red chiles
6minced garlic cloves
1minced shallot
1chopped white onion
2chopped green onions
1chopped tomato
1/2 cupchopped cilantro
1 cupThai basil
Pinchsugar (if needed)
Fresh lime slice (optional)

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Steps

1

Heat the oil in a large wok over medium-high heat until a drop of water evaporates upon contact.
2

Add the garlic, shallot, and onions and stir-fry until golden, about 30 seconds.
3

Add the Thai chiles, fish sauce, oyster sauce, Golden Mountain sauce, lime juice, and green onions. Stir together for about a half-minute.
4

Add the chicken and cook until lightly colored, about two minutes.
5

Pour in the beaten egg. Stir-fry until scrambled, then add the rice.
6

Cook the rice — scooping it up and pressing it into the pan, then scooping it up again — for about two minutes.
7

Add the Thai basil and tomato and cook until the Thai basil is wilted
8

Serve, garnishing each plate with cilantro and a squirt of lime.