hoisin sauce
noun
hoi·sin sauce
ˈhȯi-ˌsin- 
ˌhȯi-ˈsin-
: a thick reddish sauce of soybeans, spices, and garlic used in east Asian cookery
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The eggs are fluffy and scrambled, embellished with a drizzle of sweet and salty hoisin sauce.
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
And there was a thin layer of hoisin sauce painted onto each side.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
Across the road at H.M. Sheridan butcher’s, the co-owner John Sinclair was selling a commemorative coronation sausage, with pork, plums, ginger and hoisin sauce.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 1 May 2023
If using, drizzle the hoisin sauce and chile paste over the egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
—Genevieve Ko, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
And there was a thin layer of hoisin sauce painted onto each side.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
Across the road at H.M. Sheridan butcher’s, the co-owner John Sinclair was selling a commemorative coronation sausage, with pork, plums, ginger and hoisin sauce.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 1 May 2023
If using, drizzle the hoisin sauce and chile paste over the egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
—Genevieve Ko, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
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“Hoisin sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoisin%20sauce. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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