Sous Vide Basil-infused Chicken Slices with Fried Egg on Rice

Anova Culinary

Who doesn't love a fried egg on rice? If you haven't tried it and are an egg fan, then you're seriously missing out. TheThai dish pad kra pao gai usually just has you fry the chicken, which of course sometimes leads to dry, overcooked chicken. This recipe has you cook the chicken sous vide, which not only ensures the chicken is perfectly cooked, but also infuses it with Thai basil flavor as the leaves are cooked with it.

Author

Christina Wylie

Christina Wylie is an award-winning writer, author, editor, food stylist, recipe creator, entrepreneur and radio host whose work has been featured in The Times & The Sunday Times, Time Out (Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong and Dubai), Traveler’s Digest, Fah Thai Magazine, Broadsheet, Wining & Dining and many other internationally renowned publications. In 2013, after almost a decade of working as an international journalist, Christina founded the online lifestyle magazine The GAB Magazine, for which she now leads a team of 60 writers based all across Australia. She then founded Samui Life Magazine in 2016. After working as a recipe creator for Anova Culinary for over a year, she signed a cookbook contract with the American-based, international publishing company Quarto. Her cookbook, titled The Sous Vide Kitchen: Techniques, Ideas, and More Than 100 Recipes to Cook at Home, was published worldwide in 2017. She wrote, styled, and photographed everything that you see within that book. In 2017 she opened her first restaurant, Bootlegger, in Koh Samui, Thailand. She is currently in the initial stages of launching Bootlegger 2 in Phuket in 2018, and is looking to open Bootlegger 3 in Bangkok in 2019. She is currently working towards stepping into the world of food and travel presenting. As an entrepreneur herself, Christina co-founded the charity initiative Project Gen Z in 2015 to teach orphaned Cambodian children entrepreneurial skills. A British expat born and raised in Hong Kong, Christina has worked across the globe, and has lived in Thailand, London, Hong Kong, Australia and South Africa over the years.

Prep Time: 00:30

Recipe Time: 01:00

Temperature Options:

Tender and juicy
140F / 60C

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat Anova sous vide machine to 60C.
  2. Seal chicken in bags with basil leaves, olive oil, salt and pepper, put in water bath and set timer on Anova to 1 hour.
  3. Cook the rice according to the instructions.
  4. When the chicken has finished cooking sous vide, fry the eggs (ensuring that you still have a soft yolk).

Serving

  1. Arrange the chicken slices on the rice, pour the juices from the bag over the top, carefully place the eggs on the chicken, season with salt and pepper and serve.