Stir-fried chicken with chillies & basil

Ingredients

Vegetable Oil

2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

Chicken

450g Chicken

Garlic

3 tblsp chopped Garlic

Shallots

3 tblsp chopped Shallots

Red Chilli

3 Red Chilli

Fish Sauce

2 tablespoons Fish Sauce

Soy Sauce

2 tsp Soy Sauce

Sugar

2 tsp Sugar

Basil Leaves

Handful Basil Leaves

Instructions

1- Heat a wok or large frying pan until it is very hot, then add 1 tbsp of the oil.

2- When it is very hot, add the chicken and stir-fry over a high heat for 8-10 minutes, until browned all over.

3- Using a slotted spoon, take the chicken from the pan and set aside.

4- step 2 Reheat the wok and add the remaining oil.

5- Toss in the garlic and shallots and stir fry for 3 minutes, until golden brown.

6- step 3 Return the chicken to the wok and add the chillies, fish sauce, dark soy sauce and sugar.

7- Stir fry over a high heat for a further 8-10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

8- Stir in the basil leaves and serve at once.