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Basil Chicken Mince

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This one is our home style, comfort food dish. And we eat it every week. It’s chicken mince in a dark salty, spicy gravy, with a hint of fresh basil and lots of fresh crunchy greens.

Ingredients

  • ½ pounds, 2-⅝ ounces, weight Asparagus (or Zucchini, Cucumber Or Courgettes)
  • 1 Tablespoon Cooking Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic
  • ½ pounds, 2-⅝ ounces, weight Minced Chicken
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Oyster Sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon Sweet Dark Soy Sauce
  • 3 Tablespoons Asian Shaoxing Huatiao Rice Wine
  • 1 teaspoon To 2 Teaspoons Of Sugar
  • 6 leaves Basil
  • 2 teaspoons Sliced Fresh Chili
  • 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch Or Cornflour Mixed In 1/4 Cup Of Water (optional)

Preparation

Cut off the hard ends of the asparagus and cut the asparagus into half.

Add cooking oil to a hot wok. Add minced garlic and stir fry for 20 seconds.

Add the asparagus. Stir for a minute until it starts to change colours.

Add the minced chicken and stir fry quickly.

Add the oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and Shaoxing Huatiao wine.

Stir-fry evenly. And then add 1 to 2 teaspoons of sugar to taste.

Toss in the basil leaves. Stir fry for a good minute until the vegetables are cooked. Then add in sliced chili.

If the vegetables emit too much water and the gravy is runny, then mix 2 to 3 teaspoons of cornflour with twice the amount of water and add to the sauce, stirring quickly. This will thicken the gravy.

Serve with rice.

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diana702 on 5.25.2010

This is an awesome recipe! It tasted just like the restaurant. I used fresh green beans instead of asparagus. My husband and mother in law were impressed and it was simple to make! I made it a little too spicy for my toddler with two Serrano chili peppers, but it was very tasty!

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ummbarakah on 5.20.2010

Minced chicken is the same as ground, its called mince meat in europe.

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goodygumdrops on 5.20.2010

This might be a dumb question, but is minced chicken the same as ground chicken?

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jowensmith on 7.6.2010

This is a fantastic dish! Quick assembly, easy to cook, fantastic flavors and really hard to mess up. I’ve cooked it 5 times now, and left steps out, and done things out of order, and its come out great each time.

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diana702 on 5.25.2010

Great recipe and easy to follow!

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neek on 5.21.2010

Great flavour, easy and quick recipe, best of all very easy to modify ingredients to suit whatever is left in the fridge! Thanks!

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jonbod on 5.19.2010

i love this chiken dish

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