If I don't have hoisin sauce, what can I substitute?

[Anonymous]

Subject title tells it all...

[Anonymous]

You can make it yourself:

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/420/Hoisin_Sauce12082.shtml

I've done it before with just soy sauce, garlic powder, and smashed black beans- comes close.

[Anonymous]

Oyster sauce plus sugar and chili. Still won't be as good. If you're Asian, you should have it, and if you're not Asian, why not buy it if you're planning to make an Asian dish? I'm stumped

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oyster sauce plus sugar and chili. Still won't be as good. If you're Asian, you should have it, and if you're not Asian, why not buy it if you're planning to make an Asian dish? I'm stumped

+1.
Wait, did I write that? It sounds like exactly what I wanted to say when I read the title, but I don't remember opening the thread before.