Regular hoisin sauce is not gluten free, but you can buy a gluten free hoisin sauce.
Hoisin sauce is also known as Peking Sauce.
i personally pronounce it hoy sin.
A sauce made from soy, garlic, chili etc, used in Chinese cooking.
Megan Deaton of Rowlett Texas
Hoi sin sauce is made out of soy beans and plum sauce is made out of Chinese plums, chilli and ginger.
Hoisin sauce. Some may tell you plum sauce, but that stuff is way too sweet for mu shu.
Hoisin plum sauce is a good base for a stir fry when some Soy is also added to balance the sweetness.
The best boneless pork recipe I have ever had for New Years Day was one my mother made when I was a child. She used Asian sauces such as soya sauce and Hoisin sauce to make an incredible dish.
This sauce has been used in Southern part of China for over two thousands years, it has never been refrigerated. This sauce has been heavily salted and spiced, it doesn't have to be stay cool. I met a chef who perfers aged hoisin sauce, all the spices in the sauce take a while to mix together well and get the rich taste.
Pho, the soup native to Vietnam can be made different ways. Some popular ingredients in Pho include: Star Anise, (a fragrant herb), beef, thick rice noodles, and beef stock. It may be flavored with Hoisin Sauce (a black sauce made from soybeans and has a sweet taste to it), and Sriracha Hot Sauce (a particular hot sauce.)
At an Asian market you can get a wide variety of spices. You can also purchase many exotic fruits and vegetables that your local grocer won't carry. Finally, at an Asian market you can get specific types of food sauces like Oyster sauce, hoisin sauce.