Sweet Hoisin Sauce
Hoisin is a blend of soybeans, garlic, chile peppers, and spices; it serves as the base for this Chinese-inspired barbecue sauce. Five-spice powder, also used extensively in Chinese cooking, is a pungent mixture of ground cinnamon, cloves, fennel, star anise, and peppercorns.
This recipe goes with Grilled Shrimp-and-Plum Skewers with Sweet Hoisin Sauce
1/3 cup bottled hoisin sauce
1/4 cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons sherry
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder
Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl.
Yield: about 1 cup (serving size: 1 tablespoon)
CALORIES 17(11% from fat); FAT 0.2g (sat 0.0g,mono 0.1g,poly 0.1g); PROTEIN 0.2g; CHOLESTEROL 0.0mg; CALCIUM 3mg; SODIUM 108mg; FIBER 0.2g; IRON 0.1mg; CARBOHYDRATE 3.5g
Cooking Light, JUNE 2001
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hoisin sauce for above recipe!
