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Coconut and Basil Chicken
 
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Ready In: 20 Minutes
Servings: 2
From the Oct/Nov 2007 Issue of Donna Hay Magazine.
Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts
150 g snow peas
1 stalk lemongrass, chopped
1 cup thai basil
1 long green chili, seeded and sliced thinly
2 kaffir lime leaves
400 g coconut cream
15 g ginger, sliced
2 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1/3 cup fish stock
coconut oil, melted
sea salt
black pepper
Directions:
1. Rub chicken with salt and pepper and pan fry with coconut oil until cooked through. Remove from pan, shred and keep warm.
2. Add more oil, garlic, ginger and lemongrass to pan and cook for a couple of minutes, add fish sauce and then stir in stock and coconut cream and cook until starts to thicken (around 5 mins). Add snow peas and cook until just cooked.
3. Divide chicken between bowls and spoon over coconut sauce and sprinkle basil leaves, lime leaves and chilli.
By RecipeOfHealth.com