Key Ingredients

How to Make Hoisin Sauce

It only takes about 15 minutes to make hoisin sauce at home. You’ll need a small saucepan and a spoon or whisk.To make it, sauté fresh garlic, ginger, and scallions until softened, then stir in everything left on your ingredient list. The peanut butter melts into the sauce, and the garlic and ginger perfume the sauce nicely. It tastes intensely flavorful.Our recipe includes cornstarch, which helps thicken the sauce. You can stick with our suggested amount or add more for a thicker sauce. (As written, the hoisin is slightly thinner than you might find with store-bought.)We worked on this recipe with Chef Richard Hattaway, and I could not be happier. This hoisin sauce makes weeknight dinners so easy. Whenever I have something like chicken or tofu in the fridge and have no idea what to do with it, I reach for this sauce. Toss whatever you have in the fridge in some sauce and bake. Easy!

Storing Homemade Hoisin Sauce

Homemade hoisin sauce can be refrigerated for up to 1 month. As it sits, it may separate. We store our sauce in an airtight glass jar, which allows us to shake it to combine before using it. The sauce also freezes well. Keep it in a freezer-safe container in the freezer for up to 3 months.