For the cooks and home entertainers among us, the act of feeding our loved ones and celebrating the joys of the season can be tiring. So once you’ve baked up this year’s holiday ham and stored the ...

If you've never worked with it before, hoisin sauce is basically barbecue sauce's hotter, cooler older sister who went to art college and listens to better music than you. Hoisin is a thick, brown ...

Hoisin sauce is a thick, fragrant condiment that originated in southern China’s Guangdong province. Its name hints at its origin – hoisin means “seafood” in Cantonese – yet the sauce contains no ...

Stir-fries are easy to cook, but getting the flavors just right can require a long list of aromatics and seasonings. Relying on high-impact ingredients cuts down on cost and time, while still ...

Hoisin sauce is a very useful condiment as well as a nice glaze for poultry, pork and beef. Its ingredients such as soy sauce gives it a tangy, salty taste, balanced with some sweetness with either ...

Earlier this spring, Trader Joe's hosted its Hoisin Sauce Recipes Contest, encouraging shoppers to come up with creative, easy recipes that feature the store's hoisin sauce. Hoisin sauce is a thick, ...

Asian flavors hold a special place in my kitchen because they transform simple ingredients into something magical. I love how ...

Have you ever tasted a soy and oyster sauce omelette? I never had, until one day, while scrambling eggs, cheddar cheese, and red peppers, my eyes darted to the soy sauce and oyster sauce peeking out ...

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