Thai Basil Mock Duck is one of my favorite dishes to order out at a Thai restaurant.I’m no vegetarian, but I love the way the savory mock duck tastes alongside Thai Basil, Thai soy sauce, and vegetables!   Our go-to Thai restaurant charges $19 for a small plate of their Thai Basil Mock Duck stir-fry.Expensive, right? Well, with so few good Thai restaurants around, let’s just say they know what they got.

Having eaten it out so many times lately, my Thai Basil Mock Duck habit has started to burn a little hole in my wallet, so I figure the time has come for me to make it at home!  What Goes Into a Thai Basil Stir-fry? This recipe could be adapted for various proteins.The unifying ingredients are a liberal amount of Thai basil, fish sauce, oyster sauce, Thai black soy sauce, and Thai thin soy sauce.  Sugar is also key to this recipe.Oftentimes, we find Thai dishes can be a little too sweet.

At home you’re free to make adjustments to the sweetness level!   What is Mock Duck?  Mock duck is made of braised wheat gluten.It has a distinctive chewy, meaty texture, and an equal parts disturbing and tantalizing stamped duck skin texture to it.I will admit, mock duck is one of those products that my eyes glazed over in the canned food aisle at the Asian grocery store.

Which is strange, because I actually love ordering it whenever it’s available at a Thai restaurant.It’s got a firm and chewy texture and craggly edges that are excellent for c

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