Recipe: Don's Homemade Hoisin Sauce (low salt)

DON'S HOISIN SAUCE (LOW SALT)

"Hoisin sauce also known as Peking sauce, or "dipping sauce," is often used with Chinese Peking Duck. It is also used extensively in all Asian cooking, although it may have different names such as wong den in Vietnam, which translates to "black sauce." Commercially available, hoisin sauce is extremely high in sodium levels. So, we put this sauce together as a replacement, and it works very well."

Makes 9 tablespoons
Sodium per recipe: 18.8 MG
Sodium per tablespoon: 2.084 MG

4 tablespoons Don's Soy Sauce Replacement (6.843 mg) (recipe follows)
2 tablespoons unsalted peanut butter (10.9 mg)
1 tablespoon honey (.84 mg)
2 teaspoons white wine vinegar (.30 mg)
1/8 teaspoon garlic or onion powder (.091 mg)
2 teaspoons Sesame Seed Chili oil or hot pepper oil (trace)
1/8 teaspoon ground white pepper (trace)

Combine all the ingredients and mix together with a handheld blender or a single-blade beater until well mixed. The sauce can be stored in refrigerator, but is better if you use it soon after making it. It works with any recipe calling for hoisin sauce.

Nutrient Data per Tablespoon: Calories: 63.8., Protein 1.815g., Carbohydrate: 4.99g., Dietary Fiber: .445g., Total Sugars: 3.647g., Total Fat: 4.587g., Saturated Fat: .875g., Monounsaturated Fat: 2.084g., Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.405g., Cholesterol 0 mg., Trans Fat: 0g., Total Omega-3 FA. .008g., Total Omega-6 FA: 0g., Potassium 79.9 mg., Sodium 2.084 mg., Vitamin K: .179 mcg., Folic Acid 0 mcg.

DIABETICS:
The peanut butter, honey, and soy sauce replacement all contain sugars and carbohydrates.

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DON'S SOY SAUCE REPLACEMENT (LOW SALT)

"Make and store for future use. This tastes so close to the real thing you won't believe it. The recipe is from The No-Salt, Lowest-Sodium Cookbook, but with the addition of the garlic. Use in any Asian recipe calling for soy sauce."

Makes 1 cup
Sodium per recipe: 28.4 MG
Sodium per tablespoon: 1.775 MG

3/4 cup rice vinegar** (1.8 mg)
1 garlic clove, crushed in garlic press (.51 mg)
3 tablespoons Grandma's molasses (22.2 mg)
1 tablespoon onion powder (3.888 mg)

Combine all the ingredients in a small jar, tighten the lid, and shake well. Store in the refrigerator. Use as needed.

**Not seasoned rice vinegar.

Nutrient Data per Tablespoon: Calories: 14.3., Protein: .057g., Carbohydrate: 3.891g., Dietary Fiber: .03g., Total Sugars: 2.906g., Total Fat: .009g., Saturated Fat: .002g., Monounsaturated Fat: .002g., Polyunsaturated Fat: .004g., Cholesterol 0 mg., Trans Fat: 0g., Total Omega-3 FA: 0g., Total Omega-6 FA: 0g., Potassium 71.1 mg., Sodium: 1.775 mg., Vitamin K: .021 mcg., Folic Acids 0 mcg.

DIABETICS:
Sugars and carbohydrates are mostly in the molasses. We weren't successful attempting this recipe with any substitutes. It is acceptable as is.

Source: The No-Salt, Lowest-Sodium International Cookbook by Donald A. Gazzaniga,Maureen A. Gazzaniga, Jeannie Gazzaniga Moloo