I'll be making this tonight, gots all the ingredients except fresh basil, and since it's raining, I guess dried basil will have to do...

Three Cup Chicken Recipe (Taiwanese Style) - Christine's Recipes: Asian and Western Cooking

BTW, this recipe is way too complicated, the one I am making is the traditional

1:1:1 soy sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil

You get the sesame oil hot, then you dump in the garlic and ginger and get the flavor out, then dump in the chicken.

Once the chicken is more than half cooked, put in the rice wine, soysauce, some sugar.

Bring to boil, simmer until the sauce thickens.

Then add dice up basil and green onion, and you are done.

 

Thanks for the link
What's the diff b/w Taiwanese Basil and regular basil?

 

I don't really know, just that they taste different and look slightly different.

Like this...

 

What time is dinner, and can you pick me up from LAX?

 

what time should i be at your house?

 

According to some FOB site, this place in Austin aint bad.

You can try it and order this from there and let us know...

Oh, and stay away from the buffet, and order this. Like this reviewer said:

Mandarin House has a different style of food, much more like what you'd find in mainland China as opposed to Hong Kong. This makes perfect sense, of course, given that its name says "Mandarin". All of this means that it's not Cantonese food and comparisons to Din Ho, for example, are not totally accurate. While it's not quite an apples-to-oranges comparison, there just are different ways of preparing even what are identically named dishes.

First good sign as to the authenticity of this place is the presence of a large number of Chinese international students who frequently dine here. If I was half-way around world from my home, I'd look for food that reminded me of home, too.

They have good tofu dishes, as has been mentioned already. Ma-po tofu is excellent. It's a Sichuan-style dish, which means that it's going to be spicy. I also like their crab tofu dish and I'd recommend a try, if crab/seafood is your thing. Their salt-n-pepper squid (which you'll notice from my reviews that I try at a lot of restaurants) is really good.

It loses a star because it's just not a nice place to sit down and have a dinner at. I'm not even talking about decor here, folks. I'm simply talking about decent lighting (and no, it's not more "romantic" with the lights dimmed) and clean floors/tables.

I get take-out from here pretty often and it's on my rotation of Chinese places to eat at.

Austin Texas Mandarin House Chinese Restaurant
Mandarin House - Austin, TX （by yelp）

8929 N Lamar Boulevard，Austin, TX 78753

 

Thanks man. I will give it a shot and let you know.

 

Just say "NO" to dried basil when a recipe calls for fresh basil. I have a Thai basil plant in my herb garden and well as regular basil. You can probable find Thai basil at an asian market. If you cannot find that, use regular fresh basil. They state in the recipe that the basil is the key to the dish. Fresh basil has a strong flavor. Dried basil's flavor is not so strong.

 

That recipe sounds delicious! I'm definitely gonna try it out. If I dont post in awhile its cause I poisoned myself trying to make this

 

Here is a pic from my herb garden. The Thai basil is on the right and has smaller leaves and a more "zesty" flavor compared to the standard or Sweet basil (pictured on the left) that has a more "minty/fresh" flavor.

For a recipe like the Three Cup chicken Thai Basil > Sweet Basil > > > Dried Basil.

Generally, dried herbs are best used in sauces/dishes that are slow cooked and you are looking for more subtle flavors to be layered into your dish. For instance, I used dried orregano (as opposed to fresh orregano) when making my italian red sauce as I am simmering the sauce for a while and I am looking for more subtle orregano flavors.

The Three Cup Chicken recipe calls or basil to be added at the end of the preparation and states that the basil is a key element in the flavor. In short, use whatever fresh basil you can find and the recipe will come out MUCH better.

I think i am going to make this myself. it looks delicious.