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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (367g) Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories 669
Calories from Fat 355		(53%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 39.5g	60%
	Saturated Fat 8.7g	43%
	Monounsaturated Fat 15.9g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 12.2g
	Trans Fat 0.3g
Cholesterol 145mg		48%
Sodium 1491mg		62%
Potassium 814mg		23%
Total Carbohydrate 20.6g		6%
	Dietary Fiber 2.2g	8%
	Sugars 10.9g
Protein 52.0g		104%
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Three-Cup Chicken

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By: Grace Lynn
Feb 9, 2004

This is a traditional Taiwanese dish that we always order in our favorite Chinese restaurant. I begged the chef for this recipe and he very reluctantly gave it to me! I just made it for dinner tonight and couldn't wait to post this to share it with all of you!

SERVES 4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

1/3 cup sesame oil
20 garlic cloves, minced (yes, twenty!)
10 slices thin fresh ginger
2 serrano peppers, thinly sliced with seeds
2 lbs chicken breasts or chicken thigh pieces, cut up into bite-size pieces
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup rice wine
3 tablespoons sugar
2 cups Thai basil
1 cup of 1-inch sections scallion

Directions

1
Heat up the sesame oil in a wok or a large skillet on high heat.
2
Add garlic, ginger and serrano peppers, stir fry until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
3
Add the chicken pieces and cook until it's white in color, about 5 minutes.
4
Stir together the soy sauce, rice wine and sugar in a bowl, pour over chicken.
5
Bring to a boil, then turn down the heat to low.
6
Let cook, uncovered, until sauce thickens, about 30 minutes.
7
Turn heat back up to high and add basil and scallions, cook for another 2 minutes.
8
Serve over steamed rice.

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From: Saleh Serafi

On Jan 12, 2010

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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From: hodgemo2

On Dec 3, 2009

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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From: sugarpea

On Apr 4, 2004

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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From: jennifer jay

On Sep 8, 2004

this is awesome. i used merlot instead of rice wine, too and it was delicious. even my dad who hates chinese food loved it. most definitely will make this again. thanks for the great recipe.

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