Three-Cup Chicken

Wow. Really good. I used all the correct ingredients, but I ended up marinating the chicken in the sauce for over a day. Then as I was cooking the chicken, I added the first garlic portion to it. It came out really good. Next time I think I will do the sauteeing of the garlic, etc., and then make the sauce and marinate the whole thing together. Thanks for posting a great recipe.

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very good & easy. Next time I will simmer the chicken for 15 minutes instead of 30. Our chicken was a little tough, but the flavor was great. Thank you for posting.

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It's so good and garlicy! Make sure you have good ventilation when cooking this dish. Can't go wrong with it. Adjustment made: Marinatedd the chicken in the liquid mixture (soy sauce, wine, sugar) 1/2 hour before stir frying process. I suggest that you reduced sugar and soya sauce when cooking, as you might find it too sweet/salty vice versa. You can always taste the dish and add more sugar/soya sauce later. I used rice wine and moscato wine because I didn't have anough. I didn't use basil at all. Result... so tasty I have to eat it right away!

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I'm still not sure what I did wrong mine ended up like a salt lick. So salty it was difficult to eat so I had to so something wrong but I am not defeated yet I'm going to try it again!

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A Ten Star recipe! Outstanding flavor, spicyness and tenderness-can't say enough good things about this entree. Only change I would make next time is to double or triple the sauce. Don't know what oriental basil is so I used fresh chopped ordinary basil. Probably not anything alike but who cares? It was a wonderful meal!!

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This is so good. I couldn't find Thai basil so I omitted it, but we loved it anyway. I will make again and we want to add the basil. I love the spice in this. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe with us.

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Hot Hot Hot ! i would cut down on the serrano peppers. But so god damn good ! i've cooked this twice and used apple juice in stead of the rice wine the second time around and it turned out grate!

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Entire family loved it. Used a mix of white wine and gin instead of rice wine and had to use regular basil. All flavors mixed great...

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I eat chicken just about every night. and I would have to say that this is easily my favourite recipe. The flavors are all well balanced and the final product tastes exquisite. Definitely make sure that you use fresh ingredients! Also, this recipe freezes and reheats easily for OAMC.

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DH and I made this recipe for dinner tonight and really enjoyed it. I halved the recipe to accommodate the two of us. I was very excited that the dish calls for so much Thai basil as we planted a bunch of it in our garden and thus far, hadn't used it. This has great flavor. Next time, like Sugarpea suggested, we will double or triple the sauce (it is really yummy). Our sauce reduced very quickly and didnt need the whole 30 minutes to thicken, so I would keep my eye on it more closely next time. DH also thought we would keep the amount of serrano the same as you have posted, even when halving the recipe (we like things spicy). He also suggested peanuts might taste nice in this dish. We'll have to try that out. Other than halving the recipe, we followed all ingredients and steps as posted and we will definitely make this again, experimenting with the aforementioned suggestions. Thanks for this keeper!

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DEFINATELY the Thai basil is the way to go, TRUE!
Honestly? Initially was worried about using 20 GARLICS too!
Used 20 spoonfulls jarred garlic, 10 spoonfulls jarred ginger as has on handy today!
SAVES HEAPS OF TIME and makes little difference okay?
This was restaurant quality,
Of course, I added three heaping pinchfulls of chili!!! LOL
ONLY thing I did was thicken the sauce, might be personal taste for me,
Used 2 heaping teaspoons of cornstarch and thickening I did see!
WHAT A GREAT RECIPE!!! SO glad I did do,
Nothing best the best rating for this recipe will do!
Thanks! DEFINITELY the Thai basil is the way to go, TRUE!
Honestly? Initially was worried about using 20 GARLIC too!
Used 20 spoonfuls jarred garlic, 10 spoonfuls jarred ginger as has on handy today!
SAVES HEAPS OF TIME and makes little difference okay?
This was restaurant quality,
Of course, I added three heaping pinch fulls of chili!!! LOL
ONLY thing I did was thicken the sauce, might be personal taste for me,
Used 2 heaping teaspoons of cornstarch and thickening I did see!
WHAT A GREAT RECIPE!!! SO glad I did do,
Nothing best the best rating for this recipe will do!
Thanks!
***UPDATE Made it again today and was EVEN BETTER (as IF that were possible) Added finely diced bok choy and mushrooms; this time instead of waiting the 30 minutes, my bite size chicken was done so added about a tsp or two of Chinese cornstarch dissolved in water to the mix and VOILA!! GREAT again too!

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I had to make a few changes because I was missing some ingredients, but this was still fantastic. I subbed rice vinegar for rice wine, crushed red pepper for serrano peppers, and used jarred garlic and ginger instead of fresh. I will definitely be trying this recipe again with all of the correct ingredients, but it seems like a great base recipe to make variations off of also.

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Great recipe -- I needed something to use up my bumper crop of basil, and this was just the thing! Only changes I'd make next time is to use only one Serrano pepper (or two jalapenos, which are milder) and thicken the sauce with some cornstarch/water.

Perfect over jasmine rice. Thanks very much for sharing!

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My entire family loved this! Used twenty large cloves of garlic, and minced my ginger rather than using slices. Used fresh basil(not Thai) from my garden. Added the sauce to the raw chicken and let sit for about 30 minutes before I threw the chicken/sauce in the wok with the stir fried garlic mixture and cooked until it reduced. Served with jasmine rice and fresh mango for dessert. My serranos were on the large side, but this wasn't overly spicy, even for my kids. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

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I tried this chicken in Taiwanese restaurant before, therefore I decided to DIY it at home. By using this recipe the cooking result is better than what we get locally. I put in 50g of Thai basir leaf, it really give the dish a slight peppery kick. Home grown basil leaf is always taste the best and it can be grown effortlessly by sticking stem into soil. Lisa( www.bakingfrenzy.com)

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Fantastic recipe and very simple to make! I can never find fresh basil and I always double the sauce, but it still turns out great. This is probably my favorite Chinese dish and because I don't have to order it, it's even better!

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Unfortunately, my family was looking forward to this dish. But being a new cook, naively used 2 cups of dry basil...after doing that, realized that was a huge mistake and should have been fresh basil. Now I know, the meal was ruined, I don't doubt it would have been good, but never got the chance to try it. Also, upon tasting before I added the basil, realized this is a very spicy dish. So kids may not favor this if you make it for dinner.

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Delicious! I doubled the sauce and served over rice. And I didn't have Thai basil, so I regular basil (and not 2 cups). I kinda forgot how hot serrano peppers were!

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Mmmmm yum! I am so glad that he gave up the recipe Grace Lynn (and that you did too)! This is a fabulous dish!

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