Hoisin Sauce Recipe
"Oh, the waste of expired hoisin that I've thrown away! A small-batch recipe that's easy to whip up. This does NOT taste exactly like store bought, but can get you through a recipe with darn good results. Sriracha Asian Sweet Hot Sauce works best."
photo by LiaPeach
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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0.25 apprx cup
ingredients
- 59.16 ml soy sauce
- 14.79 ml black bean paste (can sub peanut butter)
- 14.79 14.79 ml molasses or 14.79 ml brown sugar
- 9.85 ml white vinegar
- 0.61 ml garlic powder
- 0.61 ml onion powder
- 9.85 ml sesame oil
- 1.3 ml chinese hot sauce (or habenero or jalapenos)
- 0.61 ml black pepper
directions
- Place all ingredients in a Mason jar and shake until it emulsifies.
- Note 1: May need to increase peanut butter/black bean paste to taste. Use no more than 2 tablespoons, but please, start with one tablespoon.
- Note 2: Can sub 1 toe fresh garlic for powdered. Work with mortar and pestle the fresh garlic and jalapeno until it forms a paste.
Questions & Replies
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You might put a little link to print this recipe and others on your site to make it easy to see while cooking. I love your recipes, and also like to work from a sheet of paper instead of my mobile phone.
Reviews
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This hoisin sauce is really good. Even better than store-bough. I used peanut butter and molasses. Thanks Gailanng :) Made for the Australian recipe swap for June 2011 -
This is da bomb! I made this last week, for recipe#385811, and forgot to take a photo, I was in such a rush! I have to admit that I like the flavor of this better than store bought brand. I can make it a bit sweeter, or hotter, or nuttier - to taste. And it is easy peasy....No more running to the store at the last minute for another forgotten item! :-) Thanks so much for posting, Gailann! -
I was making some pork and shrimp dumplings and wanted a good sauce and found this one googling. So easy, especially considering I already had all the ingredients. I used 1 tbsp of peanut butter and really wouldn't recommend too much more, my taste-testers (aka roommates) said the peanut butter was subtly perfect. I used the brown sugar, a habanero hot sauce, and added maybe 1 tsp of maple syrup to take a little tartness out. My blog details the adventure so if you're interested click on my name and its under the about me. -
It's great that people experiment and modify recipes to get things to their taste. That said, just like with any other things that require building, making, creating, one should first learn the basics and the rules before one can know how to then break the rules. This recipe has a flavor profile of what hoisin should taste like. Black bean paste has it's own distinct flavor, and it is not at all like peanut butter. So, if you don't use any black bean paste and just use PB and add more of it, then you are not making a hoisin sauce, you are making more a peanut sauce. Again, that's fine, nothing wrong with that. However, not using black bean, not using sesame oil, the recipe is then missing two of the stronger and unique flavors that are part of hoisin. Olive oil, corn, vegetable, do not even come close to the flavor of sesame, not in the least. Continue having fun cooking and experimenting! We can all take pride in that we are actually cooking rather than ordering or making reservations. :) -
Thanks for sharing this. Had it on stir fry today and it turned out delicious!
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Tweaks
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I made this because a recipe called for hoisin sauce which I didn't have. I'll never buy hoisin sauce ever again! I did make a few substitutions: 1.5 T tahini instead of black bean paste, rice vinegar and maple syrup for the sweetener. It was a bit salty, but I left the rest of my stir fry unsalted and it turned out great. This one's a keeper.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!
