Easy Thai Basil Chicken

Name: Easy Thai Basil Chicken
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 2 kg Chicken legs; Salt, to taste, divided; 7,5 ml freshly ground Black Pepper, divided; 6 Garlic cloves; 4 Onions; 3 dried Chillies; 125 ml Coconut Oil, divided; 5 ml Shrimp paste; 10 large Eggs; 65 ml Soy Sauce; 15 ml Fish Sauce; 85 g fresh Basil leaves; 220 g Lettuce leaves

Sean Strydom @Sean_Strydom

Port Elizabeth

Easy Thai Basil Chicken

Sean Strydom @Sean_Strydom

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Ingredients

2 kgChicken legs
Salt, to taste, divided
7,5 mlfreshly ground Black Pepper, divided
6Garlic cloves
4Onions
3dried Chillies
125 mlCoconut Oil, divided
5 mlShrimp paste
10large Eggs
65 mlSoy Sauce
15 mlFish Sauce
85 gfresh Basil leaves
220 gLettuce leaves

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 200°C.
2

Season Chicken and bake in oven for 15 minutes. Turn over and bake for another 10 minutes.
3

Meanwhile, combine Garlic, Onions and Chili in a food processor and mince.
4

Heat 90 ml of Coconut oil in a large Dutch Oven. Add minced Garlic, Onions and Chili and fry.
5

Add Shrimp paste and combine. Continue to simmer while frying. Add a little Oil if the Oven starts boiling instead of frying. Fry till Onions are browning.
6

Transfer the Chicken pieces and sauce for the baking tray to the Dutch Oven. Stir occasionally while Chicken keeps cooking.
7

Heat 35 ml Olive Oil to a large skillet and fry Eggs in batches.
8

Add Soy Sauce and Fish Sauce. Stir to combine. Add the remaining Pepper and Salt.
9

Once Chicken is cooked through, turn off the heat and add the Basil to the Dutch Oven.
10

Serve on bed of Lettuce and garnish with a Lime wedge.