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hoisin

British

/ ˌhɔɪˈsɪn /

noun

Also called: Peking sauce. (in Chinese cookery) a sweet spicy reddish-brown sauce made from soya beans, sugar, vinegar, and garlic

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Etymology

Origin of hoisin

C20: from Cantonese

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When it comes to cheap pho, many customers drown their bowl in Sriracha and hoisin sauce.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

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

If you can't get your hands on it, substitute 2 tablespoons of hoisin sauce, or 1 tablespoon each of soy sauce and brown sugar.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2022

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

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

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