Spicy Basil Chicken – Gkai Pad Gkaprow
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I followed the recipe fairly close. The only changes that I made were (1) I used
olive oil. This is because I only use
olive oil when I cook. (2) I used
chicken breast instead of thighs because that is what I had in my freezer. (3) Because the frozen chicken was a three
pound package, I tripled the amounts that I used.
I served this dish over rice. The white chicken and the white rice made the
dish look somewhat boring. The only
color the dish had come from the basil and from the peppers. The next time I cook the meal I will use more
basil so that it will have more color. What was also missing was a cold beer. Because I was on-call for the St. Joseph hospitals, I drank a diet coke with the meal. It was okay, but a cold beer would have been better.
I will also say that this dish had a good amount of heat. I used about 30 Thai chilies, and they gave
the meal a good deal of spice. The
peppers did not make my nose run, my eyes cry, or simply sweat. Still, I believe the dish would be too spicy
for most people.
Again, I will be making this dish again, and the recipe can be found at: http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/recipes/basil-chicken-recipe.html.