Spicy minced chicken with Thai sweet basil

​-Serves 3-4

Thai food is all about tasting and working on the dish as per your own taste buds. There is no perfect version of any dish; you have to constantly taste, improvise and create your perfect version of the dish. Check out our recipe for spicy minced chicken with Thai basil - serve this delicious mince with steamed Jasmine rice and your choice of greens for a complete meal. Enjoy the recipe!

Ingredients 

3 tablespoons coconut oil
1 inch piece ginger, peeled and finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 cup shallots or onion, sliced
1 lemongrass stalk - bashed with a pestle
2 fresh red or green bird's eye chilies, finely sliced
500g minced chicken or pork or beef
15-20 green beans, chopped into 1 inch pieces 
1 heaped tablespoon organic honey or shaved palm sugar
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoons dark soy sauce
Juice of 1 lime or lemon
2 lime leaves, finely chopped (get rid of the midrib, roll the leafy part and slice thinly)
large handful Thai sweet basil

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Recipe 

1. Mix together honey/palm sugar, dark soy sauce, fish sauce, and lime juice to make sauce, set aside. 
2. Heat oil in a large frying pan. Fry lemon grass stalk, ginger, garlic and chilies for about a minute.
3. Add mince, then stir-fry on medium-high heat until cooked, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as you go. 
4. Add sauce and shredded lime leaves, then cook everything down until sticky. Add shallots, chopped green beans and stir well for another 1-2 minutes.
5. Finally add Thai sweet basil. Stir well, discard lemon grass. Serve spicy minced chicken with Jasmine rice and a side of steamed greens.

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