Spicy Chicken With Peppers and Sweet Basil | Community Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• rice
• 1 pound boneless chicken breasts (skinless and plump)
• olive oil
• 1 tablespoon hot chilli oil
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 medium thinly sliced onion
• 2 medium red bell peppers (seeded and thinly sliced)
• 4 cloves chopped garlic
• 2 tablespoons thai fish sauce (nam pla)
• 20 basil leaves (sweet basil, torn)
• 3 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or groundnut oil)
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce (to taste)
• 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 pinches of cayenne pepper
• 1 small shredded iceberg lettuce
• 1 pound fresh bean sprouts
• 2 grated carrots (or peeled into curls with a vegetable peeling tool)