What is hoisin sauce?

Hoisin sauce is the ideal seasoning for meat and fish dishes. But you can do a lot more with it:from wok to dipping.

Hoisin sauce as a seasoning

Hoisin sauce is a syrupy, almost black sauce with a sweet-savory taste, made from fermented soybeans. The sauce comes from China, where it is mainly used to flavor meat dishes. It is also used in Vietnamese cuisine under the name 'black sauce'. There you will find it in noodle soups such as pho.

The ingredients of hoisin sauce

The classic recipe consists of fermented soybeans, rice vinegar, garlic, red peppers, sugar, salt and water. You can buy Hoisin sauce ready-made in the supermarket. The ingredients list of Conimex contains the following:soy sauce 28.5% (soybean, wheat, water, salt, E210), sugar, water, garlic, salt, burnt sugar syrup, modified corn starch, chili, E202.

Read also: This is how you make hoisin sauce yourself

How do you use hoisin sauce?

• Bring your marinade to taste with hoisin sauce.
• Use it in a wok dish with vegetables (and chicken).
• Pour the sauce in a bowl and dip vegetable sticks or spring rolls in it.
• Glaze roasted chicken with hoisin sauce.
• Make a meat dish such as Peking duck tastier by serving it with hoisin sauce.
• Stir a teaspoon of hoisin sauce through the noodle soup for a sweeter taste.
• Do you think the taste of hoisin sauce is a bit too strong? Then dilute it with water or oil.

This article previously appeared in the April issue of Santé 2018 | Text:Mara Ruijter | Image:Shutterstock