hoisin sauce
noun
hoi·sin sauce ˈhȯi-ˌsin- 
ˌhȯi-ˈsin-
: a thick reddish sauce of soybeans, spices, and garlic used in east Asian cookery
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Preparation: In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, peanut butter, honey, chile sauce, garlic powder and ginger. 
Felicia Campbell, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022 Preparation: In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, peanut butter, honey, chili sauce, garlic powder and ginger. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2022 Preparation: In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, peanut butter, honey, chili sauce, garlic powder and ginger. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2022 Preparation: In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, peanut butter, honey, chili sauce, garlic powder and ginger. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2022 Preparation: In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, peanut butter, honey, chili sauce, garlic powder and ginger. Robin Miller, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022 Stir together crunchy peanut butter with half as much hoisin sauce, a big squeeze of lime juice and pinches of sugar and red-pepper flakes, then thin with some of the bean cooking water. New York Times, 20 July 2022 Butter lettuce filled with ground bison, sweet onion, water chestnut, ginger, carrot, soy and hoisin sauce. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2022 Add the water, hoisin sauce, and sriracha to the pan. BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022 See More
Felicia Campbell, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022 Preparation: In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, peanut butter, honey, chili sauce, garlic powder and ginger. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2022 Preparation: In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, peanut butter, honey, chili sauce, garlic powder and ginger. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2022 Preparation: In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, peanut butter, honey, chili sauce, garlic powder and ginger. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2022 Preparation: In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, peanut butter, honey, chili sauce, garlic powder and ginger. Robin Miller, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022 Stir together crunchy peanut butter with half as much hoisin sauce, a big squeeze of lime juice and pinches of sugar and red-pepper flakes, then thin with some of the bean cooking water. New York Times, 20 July 2022 Butter lettuce filled with ground bison, sweet onion, water chestnut, ginger, carrot, soy and hoisin sauce. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2022 Add the water, hoisin sauce, and sriracha to the pan. BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Chinese (Guangdong) hóisīn-jeung, literally, seafood sauce
First Known Use
1957, in the meaning defined above