I
nst
r
uct
i
ons
Fi
r
st
, f
r
y t
he egg
Heat about 2 t
abl
espoons of veget
abl
e oi
l i
n a wok or f
r
yi
ng pan on
hi
gh-
medi
um heat
.
When t
he oi
l i
s hot and si
zzl
i
ng, dr
op i
n t
he egg. Let i
t si
zzl
e and
bubbl
e up, and at t
he same t
i
me, spl
ash some of t
he hot oi
l ont
o
t
he t
op of t
he egg (
don'
t f
l
i
p t
he egg, unl
ess you r
eal
l
y want t
o)
.
Af
t
er t
he egg l
ooks about r
i
ght t
o your cooked l
i
keness (
I l
i
ke mi
ne
r
unny)
, t
ake i
t out
, dr
ai
n t
he excess oi
l
, and put i
t on a pl
at
e f
or
l
at
er
.
Basi
l chi
cken
Cut t
he chi
cken i
nt
o smal
l bi
t
e si
zed pi
eces.
Ri
nse and peel t
he gar
l
i
c and chi
l
i
es, and pound t
hem i
n a mor
t
ar
and pest
l
e (
al
t
er
nat
i
vel
y you can j
ust mi
nce t
hem wi
t
h a kni
f
e)
.
They don'
t need t
o be super f
i
ne, you j
ust want t
o br
i
ng out t
he oi
l
s
and f
l
avor
s f
r
om t
he gar
l
i
c and chi
l
i
es.
Pl
uck a good si
zed handf
ul of hol
y basi
l l
eaves of
f t
he st
ems.
Now i
t
'
s t
i
me t
o st
ar
t cooki
ng. Heat your wok on hi
gh heat
, and add
about 1 t
abl
espoon of oi
l t
o t
he pan.
When t
he oi
l i
s hot
, add t
he chi
l
i
es and gar
l
i
c. St
i
r f
r
y t
hem f
or
about 20 seconds or so unt
i
l t
hey get r
eal
l
y f
r
agr
ant
, but don'
t l
et
t
hem bur
n or get t
oo dr
y.
T oss i
n your chi
cken. Keep st
i
r f
r
yi
ng cont
i
nuousl
y. At t
hi
s st
age
you want t
o cont
i
nue t
o st
i
r and cook your chi
cken unt
i
l i
t
'
s j
ust
about f
ul
l
y cooked al
l t
he way t
hr
ough (
dependi
ng on t
he si
ze
pi
eces of chi
cken and how hot your f
i
r
e i
s, i
t shoul
d t
ake about 2 -
3 mi
nut
es)
. I
f i
t st
ar
t
s t
o get dr
y, add j
ust a t
i
ny spl
ash of wat
er
.
Add 1 t
easpoon of oyst
er sauce, ½ t
easpoon l
i
ght soy sauce, ½ t
ea-
spoon sugar
, and f
i
nal
l
y a spl
ash of dar
k soy sauce. Keep st
i
r
f
r
yi
ng f
or about anot
her 30 seconds.
Gr
ab a handf
ul of hol
y basi
l
, t
oss i
t i
nt
o t
he pan, f
ol
d i
t i
nt
o t
he
chi
cken, and t
hen i
mmedi
at
el
y t
ur
n of
f t
he heat (
i
f you'
r
e usi
ng an
el
ect
r
i
c st
ove, you'
l
l want t
o r
emove t
he pan f
r
om t
he bur
ner
)
. The
hol
y basi
l r
eal
l
y onl
y needs t
o cook f
or about 5 seconds, and i
t wi
l
l
cont
i
nue t
o wi
l
t and cook f
r
om t
he exi
st
i
ng heat of t
he chi
cken.
Thi
s st
ep i
s i
mpor
t
ant because i
f you cook t
he basi
l f
or t
oo l
ong, i
t
l
oses some of i
t
s gl
or
i
ous f
l
avor and get
s sl
i
ght
l
y chewy.