Is Hoisin sauce kinda the same as Tonkatsu sauce?

Question

I tried to find tonkatsu sauce i searched 3 stores no such luck(i even tried my natural grocer that usually has everything out of the ordinary) I did find Hoisin sauce I know tonkatsu is j*p. and hoisin is chinese but are they kinda the same?

Answer 1

Tonkatsu is made primarily of ginger, sake, mirin, worchestire sauce.

Hoisin on the other hand is made with water, sugar, soybeans, white distilled vinegar, rice, salt, wheat flour, garlic, and red chili peppers and has a plummy flavour.

Answer 2

tonkatsu sauce is tastier than hoisin, hoisin sauce is used for siopao, (steamed buns with meat inside) so i think hoisin for tonkatsu WONT TASTE ordinary, be adventurous, try it =]

Answer 3

No, the two taste very different, the first answer is right!

Answer 4

tonkatsu is j*p?   i can just imagine  the responses you would get if you asked a question that said BBQ sauce is ***.

Answer 5

The first girl is right, I am a former chef and worked in Japan, Tonkatsu is a semi-thick sauce similar in consistancy to American steak sauce or UK HP sauce, it is a soya based with a strong ginger/garlic flavour and is used for pork cutlets mainly.

Hoisin is an all purpose sauce used mainly in Chinese cooking but it is popular also in Thai, Vietnamese and Malaysian cuisine to, as she said it is a soya base also but a ground soya bean paste with a sweetish and slighty licoricey flavour from the star anise in it, they use it along with the other cultures as a seasoning. marinade, side sauce for foods and and in stir frys.

To make tonkatsu with Hoisin is possible but not recommended, if you did dilute it with a bit more soya sauce (1tbsp per 1/2 cup of Hoisin), 1 tsp chopped or grated ginger and 1 good size clove of garlic finely chopped or minced, there will be a slight taste difference, but if you have nothing else it is not a bad subsititute. if it is still a bit thick, add a bit of warm water to smooth it out, not to much it should not be runny.