Chinese culinary specialists treat liquid seasonings with respect. It is difficult to find a dish of Chinese cuisine that would be served without sauce. The legendary hoisin sauce is a must-have for Peking duck. It is served to pork, poultry meat and other dishes separately, used as a marinade. It is curious that the name of the sauce translates as “seafood”, although it does not include seafood. Seasoning is made from fermented beans, red rice, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, rice vinegar and other ingredients available in Celestial, but little-known in other countries. It is unlikely that someone will succeed in preparing the original hoisin sauce at home, but there are adapted recipes that make liquid seasoning very similar to the real one made in China.
Cooking Features
The original hoisin sauce has a complex composition, but it is not difficult to make a similar seasoning from the available ingredients. It is enough to find a suitable recipe and learn a few secrets.
- Nearly all hoisin sauce recipes include the Five Spice complex Chinese seasoning. It can be obtained, but it is not sold everywhere. If you could not get a jar of ready-made spices, you can prepare the seasoning yourself. It will require a cinnamon stick about 4 cm long, 2 stars of anise, cloves in the amount of 10 pieces, a tablespoon of fennel seeds and the same amount of Szechuan pepper. The last component can be replaced with the same amount of ginger powder. All spices are fried in a dry skillet, then ground into powder and mixed.
- Often in the seasoning include chili pepper, garlic. It is better to work with these ingredients in gloves so as not to damage the skin.
- Often in the composition of the sauce include honey. This component is pre-melted to a liquid state. If you want to keep its useful properties, do it better on the steam bath.
Heat-treated products that make up the hoisin sauce are usually not exposed, so you can make it quickly. It will take only the help of kitchen appliances, which will help to make the consistency of liquid seasoning smooth and uniform.
Hoisin sauce based on beans and honey
Composition:
- canned red beans in their own juice - 60 g;
- juice from under canned beans - 20 ml;
- soy sauce - 60 ml;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- seasoning “Five Spices” - 2 slivers;
- wine vinegar (6%) - 40 ml;
- honey - 20 ml;
- chili pepper - 10 g;
- sesame oil - 20 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Peel and chop the garlic.
- Cut pepper in half lengthwise, remove seeds and membranes. Cut half the pod into small pieces.
- Put the pepper and garlic in the blender bowl, add the beans to them.
- Turn the machine on and chop the ingredients to a puree state.
- Melt the honey, pour it into the slurry.
- Add soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil. If necessary, it can be replaced with any other vegetable oil.
- Add seasoning, pour a spoonful of juice from a jar of beans.
- Beat the contents of the blender bowl until a homogeneous composition is obtained.
If the sauce seems too thick to you, you can add another spoonful of bean juice, beat the sauce again.
Bean and sugar hoisin sauce
Composition:
- canned red beans - 100 g;
- treacle - 5 ml;
- brown sugar - 5 g;
- wine vinegar (6%) - 40 ml;
- vegetable oil - 5 ml;
- seasoning “Five spices” - 5 g;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- soy sauce - 40 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Season the spices in a frying pan, heat slightly to make their flavor better open.
- Dissolve them with soy sauce and pour the mixture into the blender bowl.
- Put in it molasses and sugar. If necessary, you can replace the molasses with honey.
- Add the oil, vinegar and garlic passed through the press.
- Whisk.
- Add the beans, pre-stretching it with a fork. Stir the ingredients with a blender.
Sauce made according to this recipe has a thick texture. It is convenient to serve meat dishes, pouring into a sauceboat.
Hoisin Peanut Paste Sauce Recipe
Composition:
- peanut paste - 80 g;
- honey - 40 ml;
- soy sauce - 160 ml;
- white wine vinegar (6%) - 20 ml;
- garlic powder - pinch;
- chili sauce - 40 ml;
- seasoning “Five Spices” - a pinch;
- sesame oil - 20 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Put peanut butter in the bowl of the blender.
- Drain her with melted honey.
- Add chili sauce.
- Pour in vinegar and soy sauce, sesame oil.
- Turn on the instrument and turn the components into a homogeneous mass.
- Add garlic and spices, whisk some more.
In hoisin sauce prepared according to this recipe, you can marinate pork, poultry meat. Submitting it separately to Peking duck or other Chinese dishes is also a good idea.
Hoisin sauce with orange juice
Composition:
- soy sauce - 160 ml;
- orange juice - 40 ml;
- garlic powder - pinch;
- honey - 40 ml;
- wine vinegar (6%) - 20 ml;
- seasoning “Five Spices” - a pinch;
- chili sauce - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Melt the honey to a liquid state.
- Combine all the ingredients that make up the sauce.
- Whisk.
This variant of seasoning differs from the traditional hoisin sauce with orange notes, a liquid consistency and a less savory taste. If you do not belong to lovers of spicy dishes, preference should be given to this option.
Sauce hoisin - the pride of Chinese cuisine. With it, poultry and pork acquire a unique taste. Seasoning can be used as a marinade. Adapted recipes allow you to cook it in the home kitchen.
