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”

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hoisin sauce

Not even hoisin sauce, cucumbers and scallions bundled in housemade wraps can rescue the entree.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023

A simple glaze consisting of hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and Sriracha finishes off this sticky, sweet, and spicy dish.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 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

Independent restaurateurs across the country are hawking everything from jars of hoisin sauce to salty snacks on their websites.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 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