Three-cup Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup sesame oil
• 20 garlic cloves, minced (yes, twenty!)
• 10 slices thin fresh ginger
• 2 serrano peppers, thinly sliced with seeds
• 2 lbs chicken breasts or 2 lbs chicken thigh pieces, cut up into bite-size pieces
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1/3 cup rice wine
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups thai basil
• 1 cup of 1-inch sections scallion

Recipe

• 1 heat up the sesame oil in a wok or a large skillet on high heat.
• 2 add garlic, ginger and serrano peppers, stir fry until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• 3 add the chicken pieces and cook until it's in color, about 5 minutes.
• 4 stir together the soy sauce, rice wine and sugar in a bowl, pour over chicken.
• 5 bring to a boil, then turn down the heat to low.
• 6 let cook, uncovered, until sauce thickens, about 30 minutes.
• 7 turn heat back up to high and add basil and scallions, cook for another 2 minutes.
• 8 serve over steamed rice.