{"id":46126,"date":"2016-04-06T08:36:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T06:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/46126\/amanda-a-mangia-thai-chicken-with-basil\/"},"modified":"2016-04-06T08:36:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T06:36:33","slug":"amanda-a-mangia-thai-chicken-with-basil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/uncategorized\/2016\/04\/06\/amanda-a-mangia-thai-chicken-with-basil\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda A-mangia: Thai chicken with basil"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>2 cups uncooked jasmine rice<\/li>\n<li>4 cups water<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup coconut milk<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons soy sauce<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 tablespoons fish sauce<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 teaspoon red chili flakes<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 medium onion, sliced<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons fresh ginger root, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, crushed<\/li>\n<li>1 kg skinless, boneless chicken breasts &#8211; cut into cubes<\/li>\n<li>3 shiitake mushrooms, sliced<\/li>\n<li>5 spring onions, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups chopped fresh basil leaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Bring rice and water to a boil in a pot. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>In a bowl, mix the coconut milk, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, fish sauce, and red chili flakes.<\/li>\n<li>In a wok, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Stir in the onion, ginger, and garlic, and cook until lightly browned. Mix in chicken cubes, and cook about 3 minutes, until browned. Stir in the coconut milk sauce. Continue cooking until sauce is reduced be about 1\/3. Mix in mushrooms, green onions, and basil, and cook until heated through. Serve over the cooked rice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick chicken stir-fry recipe is flavoured with classic Thai ingredients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":46127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2704,2681],"tags":[4037,4038,4039,4040],"class_list":["post-46126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-amanda-a-mangia","tag-classic-thai-ingredients","tag-thai-chicken-stir-fry","tag-thai-chicken-with-basil"],"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["Amanda A-mangia","classic Thai ingredients","Thai chicken stir fry","Thai chicken with basil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}