hoisin sauce
noun
hoi·sin sauce
ˈhȯi-ˌsin- 
ˌhȯi-ˈsin-
: a thick reddish sauce of soybeans, spices, and garlic used in east Asian cookery
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The eggs are fluffy and scrambled, embellished with a drizzle of sweet and salty hoisin sauce.
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
And there was a thin layer of hoisin sauce painted onto each side.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
Across the road at H.M. Sheridan butcher’s, the co-owner John Sinclair was selling a commemorative coronation sausage, with pork, plums, ginger and hoisin sauce.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 1 May 2023
If using, drizzle the hoisin sauce and chile paste over the egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
—Genevieve Ko, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
Alluring aromas of hoisin sauce and Chinese five-spice powder are complicated by black licorice and German chocolate cake before a palate of sweet, sappy fruit, Amarena cherries, purple plums, cracked black peppercorns, carob, toasty oak, whole cloves, and rocky minerality.
—Brian Freedman, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
Soy sauce provides a savory or umami (oo-ma-me) flavor, garlic and ginger add a bold taste, and hoisin sauce provides salty sweetness.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2023
For the marinade, in a blender, add the ginger, garlic cloves, Cassia cinnamon pods, 2 Star Anise pods, 1 Sichuan Pepper pod, 1 Clove Pepper pod, 1 Fennel Powder pod, 1 White Pepper pod, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, wine, honey, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce.
—Mei Lin, Robb Report, 6 July 2021
Not even hoisin sauce, cucumbers and scallions bundled in housemade wraps can rescue the entree.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
And there was a thin layer of hoisin sauce painted onto each side.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
Across the road at H.M. Sheridan butcher’s, the co-owner John Sinclair was selling a commemorative coronation sausage, with pork, plums, ginger and hoisin sauce.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 1 May 2023
If using, drizzle the hoisin sauce and chile paste over the egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
—Genevieve Ko, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
Alluring aromas of hoisin sauce and Chinese five-spice powder are complicated by black licorice and German chocolate cake before a palate of sweet, sappy fruit, Amarena cherries, purple plums, cracked black peppercorns, carob, toasty oak, whole cloves, and rocky minerality.
—Brian Freedman, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
Soy sauce provides a savory or umami (oo-ma-me) flavor, garlic and ginger add a bold taste, and hoisin sauce provides salty sweetness.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2023
For the marinade, in a blender, add the ginger, garlic cloves, Cassia cinnamon pods, 2 Star Anise pods, 1 Sichuan Pepper pod, 1 Clove Pepper pod, 1 Fennel Powder pod, 1 White Pepper pod, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, wine, honey, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce.
—Mei Lin, Robb Report, 6 July 2021
Not even hoisin sauce, cucumbers and scallions bundled in housemade wraps can rescue the entree.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
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