Hoisin sauce

Chinese hoisin sauce refers to versatile seasonings that work perfectly with most meat and fish dishes. Hoisin sauce is used in cooking not only as seasoning, but also marinade, as well as the basis for the preparation of other types of Asian sauces. The composition of the hoisin sauce includes azuki beans, which undergo a complex fermentation process. In addition to beans, a number of spices and spices are added to the hoisin sauce, such as garlic, sesame oil, pepper, sugar and salt, as well as ginger, lemon zest, tangerine and vinegar.

The taste of hoisin sauce is distinguished by its pronounced spicy and sweet notes at the same time. There are several varieties of hoisin sauce. Depending on the consistency, hoisin is liquid or pasty. Hoisin sauce can be made independently at home. Currently, many large grocery stores can buy hoisin sauce.

However, such a product is unlikely to compare with home-made hoisin sauce. Moreover, modern manufacturers of hoisin sauce add not only natural ingredients to their product. Often, in the chemical composition of Chinese hoisin sauce, you can find food dyes that give the final product a distinctive brown color. In addition to dyes, the sauce contains other food additives (flavor stabilizers and preservatives).

Such "chemical" hoisin sauce began to be produced several decades ago, when the food industry began to develop rapidly, and food producers began to reduce production costs. The old Chinese recipe for hoisin sauce has nothing to do with the modern analogue, which is inferior to the original not only in taste and aroma, but also in useful properties for the human body.

In order to prepare a homemade version of hoisin sauce, you will need such products as: canned red bean beans, black molasses, teriyaki sauce, red wine vinegar, garlic powder, yeast extract and sing "5 spices. " The ingredients for hoisin sauce are mixed, 1/4 of the preserved bean liquid is added and thoroughly ground in a blender until homogeneous mass is obtained.

In the final step, you need to sift the resulting mash through a sieve. As a result, you will get hoisin sauce, which is used in the preparation of most Chinese dishes. Usually the sauce is added when frying meat or fish, which helps to achieve exceptional tenderness and richness of taste of the final product. In addition, salads and first courses are seasoned with hoisin sauce. Hoisin combined with ginger, 5 Spice seasoning mixture and garlic is used in marinades or as a sauce for ready meals.