So…I like asian food a lot. Like A LOT. I have also recently been enjoying making it at home. I do this to avoid a lot of the oil and sodium that comes from dining out at restaurants. While this has been a ton of fun, it has also opened my eyes to the copious amounts of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup that are added to asian-style condiments (particularly hoisin sauce) sold at the grocery store.
I have always loved to make different noodle dishes and in my humble opinion these are best made with a little hoisin sauce. For those of you that don’t know, hoisin sauce is a thick, glaze-like sauce most typically used in Chinese cuisine as an additive for stir fries or as a dipping sauce. It is both sweet and salty in taste.
While I have always loved it, I have come to notice that store-bought versions of this magical paste are full of extra salt, oils, and processed sugars that are completely unnecessary.
Thus, this recipe for Homemade Hoisin Sauce was born! I scoured the web to learn the ins and outs of this little sauce and was ultimately able to produce a product I was very happy with.
This recipe has under ten ingredients and comes together in about 5 minutes! This is amazing as the ease of this sauce will cut down your overall cook time for your main course as well. Use this sauce as a marinade, in stir fries, as a dip, or completely by itself. No judgement here.
Homemade Hoisin Sauce
Make your own homemade hoisin sauce to avoid all the added sugar in the store bought variety.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1/2 cup 1x
- Category: How To
- Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients
1/4 c low sodium soy sauce (tamari for gluten-free)
2 tbsp creamy peanut butter
2 medjool dates, pitted
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
2 tsp rice vinegar
1 clove minced garlic
1 tsp sriracha
1 tsp mellow white miso paste (gluten-free)
pinch black pepper
Instructions
1. Place all ingredients into a food processor and blend until completely smooth. Can keep in a tightly sealed container in the fridge for up to a month.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tbsp
- Calories: 50
- Sugar: 4.2g
- Sodium: 40mg
- Fat: 2.8g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5g
- Carbohydrates: 6g
- Fiber: 0.8g
- Protein: 1.3g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: vegan, gluten free, hoisin sauce
*This recipe was inspired by Hoisin Sauce created by BBC Good Food.
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