What is hoisin?
Hoisin · Cantonese
Thick, dark Chinese sauce of fermented soybeans, sugar, garlic and spices, sweet and savory.
What it tastes like
Sweet, salty and a little tangy, sticky like barbecue sauce, with warm spice.
Where you’ll see it
With Peking duck and mu shu, on the side with pho, and as a glaze on ribs and char siu.