hoisin sauce

American  

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

noun

Chinese Cooking.

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

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Etymology

Origin of hoisin sauce

First recorded in 1960–65; from dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) hóisīn, equivalent to Chinese hǎixiān “seafood”

Example Sentences

Sheridan butcher’s, the co-owner John Sinclair was selling a commemorative coronation sausage, with pork, plums, ginger and hoisin sauce.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

Hanh Pham, who has lived in Chinatown for more than two decades, depends on neighbors to buy egg noodles and hoisin sauce for her when they shop in the San Gabriel Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2022

In a medium bowl, mix together the chopped vegetables, hoisin sauce and chili-garlic sauce until evenly combined.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2021

That's a little sweet with hoisin sauce and a little aromatic with star anise, a little salty with soy sauce.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2021

Next to him, a girl dips a piece of chicken into a small saucer of hoisin sauce while her mother cleans her teeth with a toothpick.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung