A wonderfully tasty Thai noodle dish made with wide rice noodles, Thai Basil, and a rich tasty sauce, my version is gluten free.
Read the directions on the rice noodles and cook or soak them accordingly and then drain well.
Mix 1 tbsp of low sodium gluten free soy sauce for the marinade with the chopped chicken together in a small bowl and set aside.
Add the coconut oil (or other neutral oil) to a hot skillet or wok then add in the garlic, ginger, finely chopped shallots, finely chopped chili peppers, and stir over a medium high heat for about a minute.
Add the sliced chicken and red bell pepper pieces and cook, stirring constantly, until the chicken is cooked all the way through, takes about three to six minutes depending on the thickness of the chicken pieces.
For the stir fry sauce mix together the gluten free oyster sauce, (or substitutes listed in the notes) reduced sodium gluten free soy sauce, water, coconut sugar or brown sugar, and corn starch.
Add the drained cooked rice noodles, sliced green onions, stir fry sauce, and cook for one to two more minutes until the noodles are coated in the sauce and the sauce has thickened.
Remove the skillet from the heat and immediately add the Thai basil leaves and stir well to mix and they will wilt in about a minute or two.
Serve right away while still hot.
Low Sodium Gluten Free Soy Sauce - I always try to use the lower sodium version of gluten free soy sauce so that the whole recipe is not overly salty when it's cooked.
Gluten Free Oyster Sauce - This may be hard to track down in your grocery store, if you have an Asian grocery store that's your best bet. The two common brands I know of that are gluten free are Panda Brand Oyster Flavored Sauce (green label) and Kikkoman Green Label Oyster Sauce.
Rice Noodles - Traditionally Drunken Noodles use wide rice noodles which are easy to find in any Asian Grocery. You should be able to find regular width rice noodles in your grocery store and can of course use them if that's all you can get.
Thai Basil - You should be able to find this in any Asian grocery store that carries fresh produce, it has purple stems and is more aromatic than regular basil with a slightly aniseed flavor. That said, if you can't find any you can substitute with regular basil
Chili Peppers - Authentic drunken noodles use Thai chilis but I've subbed with either Serrano or Jalapeno peppers as that was all that was available to me locally. Serranos are hotter than Jalapenos. You can add more or less depending on your heat tolerance, real birds eye chilis are pretty hot for most people so just be aware of that if you've not used them before.
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