hoisin sauce
[ hoi-sin, hoi-sin ]
/ ˈhɔɪ sɪn, hɔɪˈsɪn /
noun Chinese Cookery.
a thick, sweet, spicy condiment containing soybeans, sugar, garlic, and chili peppers, used in cooking or as an accompaniment to meat, fish, or poultry, especially Peking duck.
Origin of hoisin sauce
1960–65; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong)
hóisīn, equivalent to Chinese
hǎixiān seafood
Words nearby hoisin sauce
hoicks,
hoiden,
hoihow,
hoise,
hoisin,
hoisin sauce,
hoist,
hoist by one's own petard,
hoity-toity,
hojo,
hoka