hoisin
/ (ˌhɔɪˈsɪn) /
noun
(in Chinese cookery) a sweet spicy reddish-brown sauce made from soya beans, sugar, vinegar, and garlic: Also called: Peking sauce
Origin of hoisin
1C20: from Cantonese
Words Nearby hoisin
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How to use hoisin in a sentence
They plump us with falling-off-the-bone hoisin ribs and fluff us with apple pie and Ameri-Cone Dream ice cream.
If you have a taste for Asian flare, combine soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame seeds, and peanut oil.
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