Instructions: This is a thick dark brownish red sauce which is made from soyabeans vinegar sugar spices and other flavourings. It is sweet and spicy and is widely used in southern Chinese cookery. In the West it is often used as a sauce for Peking Duck instead of the traditional sweet bean sauce. Hoisin sauce is sold in tins and jars (it is sometimes also called barbecue sauce) and is available in Chinese grocers and some supermarkets. If refrigerated it should keep indefinitely.

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