Best Substitutes for Oyster Sauce
Hoisin thinned with soy sauce, or a mushroom-based vegetarian oyster sauce, both work well.
Best overall swap
Hoisin sauce + soy sauce
Equal parts, mixedApproximates oyster sauce’s sweet-savory thickness for stir-fries.
All Substitutes for Oyster Sauce
Hoisin sauce + soy sauce
Equal parts, mixedApproximates oyster sauce’s sweet-savory thickness for stir-fries.
Vegetarian mushroom "oyster" sauce
1:1Widely available and made to mimic oyster sauce almost exactly.
Soy sauce + brown sugar
2 tbsp soy sauce + 1 tsp brown sugarA simple pantry fix that covers the salty-sweet base, minus the depth of real oyster sauce.