Condiment
Classic Hoisin
S tier
Classic hoisin is sweet soybean paste, garlic, spice, thick, the roast duck and mu shu smear, also a marinade base. It should taste of fermented soy and five-spice, not only of sugar. A brush on ribs or a pancake smear. Garlic hoisin is louder. It is not oyster sauce.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Mu ShuPeking DuckRibs
Traits
DuckFerment SoyFive SpiceNot Only SugarNot OysterSmearSweet SoyThick
History
CN
Cantonese hoisin (seafood-named, soy-made) became the sweet roast-meat sauce.
Bottled classic hoisin filled Western Chinese takeout kitchens.
Classic hoisin stayed the pancake smear; garlic variants split off.