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Honey Soy Basil Chicken
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Honey Soy Basil Chicken

A delicious and easy stir-fry with perfectly balanced flavours of soy, honey and basil.
Total Time30 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients

  • 200 gm chicken breast or thigh cut into thin slices
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 green pepper sliced into thin strips
  • 2 spring onions cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 spring onion sliced very fine (to be used as garnish)
  • 3 basil leaves chopped
  • 1 red chilli
  • Rice

Honey-Soy Sauce:

  • 1 red chilli chopped fine
  • 1 garlic clove crushed
  • 1 large knob ginger minced fine or grated
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp boiling water
  • 1/2 tsp cornflour

Instructions

  • Prepare noodles or rice to packet instructions. Set aside.
  • Combine honey-soy sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
  • Coat chicken pieces in cornflour, shake off excess. Heat a good amount of vegetable oil in a frying pan or wok and cook chicken until just done (be careful not to brown). Remove, leaving oil in the pan and set chicken aside.
  • Add vegetables to the oil, tossing around to keep the cooking motion even so vegetables don’t brown. After a few minutes add a splash of water to create steam, keep tossing vegetables until steam has evaporated, about a minute or so.
  • Return chicken to the pan, pour the sauce into the centre and toss quickly to cover meat and vegetables evenly.
  • Remove from heat and stir through basil. Transfer to bowls along with rice. Garnish with extra thinly sliced spring onion.