Pad Kratiem (Thai Garlic Pepper Chicken)
Pad Kra Tiem is a Thai stir-fried meat dish consisting of boneless chicken breast seasoned with fried garlic, black pepper, cornstarch, and various seasoning sauces such as sweet soy sauce and oyster sauce that is best to serve with white rice.
Equipment
- 1 Cooking pan or skillet
- 1 Cutting board To chop the garlic
Ingredients
- 500 grams of chicken boneless chicken breast, chopped into 2-inch pieces
- 8 cloves of garlic chopped
- 1.5 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons of black pepper
- 3 tablespoons of vegetable canola oil
Instructions
- To marinate the chicken, combine the chopped chicken breast with cornstarch, soy sauce, and black pepper. Stir to mix gently and then set it aside. To start cooking, add vegetable canola oil in the pan over medium-low heat.
- Once the oil becomes hot, add the chopped garlic and stir gently until it turns light brown. Reserve a teaspoon of this fried garlic and set it aside.
- Next, add the marinated chopped boneless chicken breast and give it a quick stir before adding the black pepper. Mix to stir gently.
- Lastly, add the oyster sauce and sweet soy sauce, gently mixing them with the chicken. Let it cook for a few minutes before turning off the heat.
- Serve it on a plate and top it with the remaining fried garlic for garnish. This is best to eat with white rice or any fried rice.
Notes
- SUBSTITUTION SUGGESTION: You can use potato starch or all purpose flour instead of cornstarch. You can also substitute black pepper with white pepper.
- To make it spicy, you can add 1 teaspoon of red chili flakes
Nutrition
Serving: 3gCalories: 478kcalCarbohydrates: 23.5gProtein: 50.3gFat: 19.3gSaturated Fat: 2.5gCholesterol: 128mgSodium: 1300mgPotassium: 416mgFiber: 1.4gSugar: 11.4gCalcium: 66mgIron: 3mg
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