Basil Chicken Fried Rice

Manda_the_Fox's Note:

This Thai place I go to has this awesome chicken and basil rice. I found this recipe comes the closest. I ended up using half brown rice, half quiona.

• Total Time: 24 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 19 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 16 ounces boneless chicken breasts , chopped into bite size pieces (optional)
• 2 sliced red peppers
• 15 -25 fresh basil leaves
• ½ cup sliced onion
• 2 eggs (optional)
• 2 cups prepared quinoa
• 2 ounces olive oil
• 4 ounces korean teriyaki stir-fry sauce

Directions:

1. Heat pan to medium-high heat.
2. Add oil and start cooking the eggs in the pan.
3. Add chicken and stir-fry until about 70% cooked.
4. Add red peppers, basil leaves, onions and continue to stir-fry for about 1 minute.
5. Add the quinoa and Korean Teriyaki Stir-fry Sauce and mix together.
6. Note: Add in as much basil as you would like. I add both whole leaves and chopped. I also cooked the quinoa with some dried basil seasoning.

Reviews

[Chef #200170]

I am new to cooking with quinoa so that could be why we are not rating it higher. The quinoa became soggy when I added it to the stir fry. The flavor was pretty good but the texture was a turn off. Perhaps we will try again with prepared and chilled quinoa.