Hoisin sauce is used in Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine, either as an ingredient in the main dish or as a dipping sauce. It has a lovely bean taste that builds to a slightly spicy plummy after taste.

I use it in a number of ways:

• in sauces for stir fries
• as a condiment alongside Pho (see PK’s Cheaters Pho Ga For One)
• as a dipping sauce for spring rolls and the like

Related Links:

• see recipes using this sauce here
• see all sauces and condiments posts here
• see all ingredients here