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hoisin sauce

[ hoi-sin, hoi-sin ]
/ ˈhɔɪ sɪn, hɔɪˈsɪn /

noun Chinese Cookery.

a thick, sweet, spicy condiment containing soybeans, sugar, garlic, and chili peppers, used in cooking or as an accompaniment to meat, fish, or poultry, especially Peking duck.

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Nearby words

hoicks, hoiden, hoihow, hoise, hoisin, hoisin sauce, hoist, hoist by one's own petard, hoity-toity, hojo, hoka

Origin of hoisin sauce

1960–65; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) hóisīn, equivalent to Chinese hǎixiān seafood
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