The Best Hoisin Sauce That Balances Umami and Spice | America’s Test Kitchen
Bridget Lancaster joins Jack Bishop to taste three different brands of hoisin sauce, used in dishes like char siu and General Tso’s chicken, to see which has a classic fruity, tangy and savory profile with just a hint of spice.
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LKK is what we like with our Mu Shu pork/vegetables for it`s spread ability on the wrapper,and the most available in grocery stores.The squeeze bottle is also great, have only found it at a Asian grocery stores.
I think it depends on who is tasting the sauces. I tend to trust my Chinese friends taste buds. Different areas of China will have different ideas of what is good.
Bridget losing weight, she looks great!
It all depends on what you're making, each sauce has a different texture for a reason
Everytime I buy hoisin sauce I forget that I hate hoisin sauce.
In the UK, my family have personally found Gressingham’s Hoisin Sauce to be superior to the Lee Kum Kee one.
You can use it instead of BBQ sauce too
Is the regular Lee Kum Kee as good as the gluten free ?
I was making my own General Tso sauce with whatever poison sauce Walmart carried and it was great then they changed Brands and it was just horrible I haven't tried making it since that was years ago. I know the one I like to came in a jar and the one I hated came in a bottle
Because who knows Asian flavors better than New Englanders?
I’m a freak for general tso. I would walk through fire for that man
So, it doesn't matter. They're all good.
Hoisin and Sriracha sauce is a marriage made in heaven. I prefer the Lee Kum Kee. I've had some "house-made hoisin" that wasn't very impressive at a couple Vietnamese places over the years.
ATK should show us a recipe for the best home-made.
Where is "what's eating Dan?" That's kind of the sole reason i'm subbed 🥲
I love Hoisin!
Its not fair to make people crave these delicious foods without being able to give us samples.
The Koon Chun for like dipping with rice rolls. Lee Kum Kee for like Pho.
Why have eight different jars shown, but only test 3??? Appreciate the discussion, but wanted more….
Most excellent!
Yummy tasty recipe 👍💕
Thanks for including a gluten free recommendation
I buy the HUGE cans (red yellow and blue label). Nothing else comes close. Decant into jars and split with friends.
The Lee Kum Kee Hoisin sauce is what my Vietnamese-Chinese family used growing up with pho!
Sweet! I love a good gluten free product, so my spouse (who can't eat gluten for MEDICAL reasons) can eat it too!
Second 😂
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