Spicy Chicken Stir-Fry (Ayam Paprik) Recipe

Spicy Chicken Stir-Fry (Ayam Paprik) Recipe

Serves 2 | Prep Time: 20 Minutes | Cook Time: 5 Minutes

Ingredients:

o   2 tablespoons oil

o   2 garlic, minced

o   2 tablespoons Thai roasted chili paste (nam prik phao)

o   8 oz chicken breast, sliced into thin pieces

o   1/4 onion, cut into pieces

o   2 oz green beans, tips removed and cut into 2-inch strips

o   1/2 small carrot, peeled and sliced

o   1/4 green bell pepper (capsicum), deseeded and thinly sliced

o   1/4 red bell pepper or 1 red chili, deseeded and thinly sliced

o   3 bird’s eyes chilies, lightly pounded, optional

o   1 1/2 teaspoons sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)

o   1 1/2 teaspoons fish sauce

Method:

Heat up a wok on high heat and add the oil. Add the garlic into the wok and stir-fry until aromatic, follow by the Thai roasted chili paste or nam prik pao. Add the chicken and quickly stir fry, until the chicken is half cooked. Add the onion, green beans, carrot, green and red bell peppers, bird’s eye chilies and stir to combine well with the chicken. Add the sweet soy sauce and fish sauce, stir to blend well. (If you want your chicken to be a little saucy, you can add two tablespoons of water now.) As soon as the chicken and all ingredients are cooked through, dish out and serve immediately with steamed rice.

Cook’s Notes:

Thai roasted chili paste or nam prik pao is a key ingredient in Thai cooking. You can purchase bottled nam prik pao from Asian supermarkets, Southeast Asian (Thai & Vietnamese) food stores, or online here. To make it from scratch, you can follow SheSimmer’s recipe here.

There are many variations of this recipe…you can use cauliflower or broccoli instead of green beans, you can also add fresh or canned young corns. The essence of the dish is in the sauce, not the vegetables used. This recipe is the version I like best.