Spicy Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow Gai)

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 136.

	this recipe	typical

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

80 g	0.33333334326744 cup chicken broth
17 g	1 tablespoon oyster sauce
16 g	1 tablespoon soy sauce, or as needed
11 g	2 teaspoons fish sauce
4 g	1 teaspoon white sugar
4 g	1 teaspoon brown sugar
27 g	2 tablespoons vegetable oil
454 g	1 pound skinless, boneless chicken thighs, coarsely chopped
	0.25 cup sliced shallots
12 g	4 cloves garlic, minced
15 g	2 tablespoons minced Thai chilies, Serrano, or other hot pepper
100 g	1 cup very thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
370 g	2 cups hot cooked rice

Method: 8 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“This recipe is ridiculously simple once you gather all the ingredients. I've made it twice thus far and both times it came out perfectly. What's cool about this recipe? You can even prepare both the sauce and what I'm calling the Pad Krapow mix (garlic, shallo” — a cook, 5★

“I made it last night and it came out pretty well. I do have a couple of things I will try next time. First, I’ll use more basil. Second, I’ll up the chili pepper content. Third, and this is one that, I think, has nothing to do with preference: after the intial” — a cook, 4★