what is hoisin sauce?

Question

i am wanting to do a marinade for lamb chops but it calls for hoisin sauce. can anyone please tell me what it is and how to make it or where to buy it

Answer 1

I find it in the Asian food section at my local grocer - pretty easy to find actually. It is similar to a barbeque sauce, with an Asian twist - very yummy! I make some killer short ribs with it!

Answer 2

Hoisin is very comon in the asian isle of most groceries. Meijers, Wallmart, Kroger, Giant Eagle all carry it (Ohio). There is nothing quite like Hoisin so try to get it. If in a pinch, a good barbeque sauce mixed 50:50 with Plum sauce (but if you can find Plum you'll find Hoisin) with added dry mustard will work.

Answer 3

Any Chineese food store will carry this item--it is a sweet jam-like sauce (dark brown to black in color), and depending on what part of China it is made in, it will either be made from soy beans, brown beans or a wheat-flour base. I love it on lamb chops--in fact, I beleive it was created especially for flavoring lamb by the Mongols!

You can also find it in the Chineese section of most supermarkets nowadays!

Answer 4

this is a chinese dipping sauce. Literally, Hoision means seafood. But there actually is no seafood in the sauce whatsoever.

Traditionally, it is made using sweet potatoes. But also can be made from fermented soybeans. You add garlic, vinegar and chili peppers tothe sauce as well. It is almost like a...say...a sweet noodle sauce (also known as sweet bean sauce or sweet soybean paste) but not as pungent. Now if you have like a mandarin style hoisin sace, it has water, sugar,rice, wheat flour & preservatives.

I personally don't like it but my fiancée does.

Answer 5

Hoisin Sauce
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons peanut butter or black bean paste
1 tablespoon honey or molasses or brown sugar
2 teaspoons white vinegar
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons sesame oil
20 drops chinese hot sauce, habenero or jalapeno
1/8 teaspoon black pepper.
Directions:
Simply mix together.
At first, it does not appear like it will mix but, keep at it just a bit longer and you have.

Answer 6

Hoisin is one of the best condiments you'll ever put in your mouth. It is sometimes called Chinese Barbecue Sauce.

Others have shared recipes, and it is also available in supermarkets everywhere. Seek it out and use it. It is well worth it.

I use it for pork, chicken, beef; for spring rolls (dipping sauce), etc. It is a staple for my home pantry.

Answer 7

just buy it in chinese groceries store like 99 ranch market or others. they are located on the sauce section... easy to find cause it will say hoisin sauce on the bottle in english.....

Answer 8

It is an oriental sauce found in the asian food section of your store, a spicy soy based barbeque sauce. Delicious.

Answer 9

4 tb Soy sauce,(dark/light/usual)
2 tb Peanut butter/black bean paste
1 tb Honey/molasses
2 ts White vinegar
1/8 ts Garlic powder
2 ts Sesame seed oil
20 dr Chinese-style hot sauce
1/8 ts Pepper

Answer 10

its sold in most any grocery store, right there with all the LaChoy products. next to the soy sauce.