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Five-spice powder (五香粉, wǔxiǎngfen in hanyu pinyin) is a convenient seasoning for Chinese cuisine, particularly Cantonese cuisine. It incorporates the five basic flavours of Chinese cooking — sweet, sour, bitter, pungent , and salty.

It consists of China Tung Hing cinnamon , powdered cassia buds, powdered star anise and anise seed, ginger root, and ground cloves. Another recipe for the powder consists of cinnamon, black pepper, cloves, fennel seed, and star anise. Szechuan pepperJapanese cuisine The Szechuan peppercorn Zanthoxylum piperitum Zanthoxylum simulans Zanthoxylum sancho and others in the Zanthoxylum genus) is not a member of the pepper family. It is the outer pod of the tiny fruit of a plant related to the prickly ash. can also be used. It is used in most Cantonese roasted duckDendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Merginae The word duck was also used as slang for the WWII amphibious vehicle called a DUKW. The word duck meaning the bird, came from the verb "to duck" meaning to bend down as if to get under something, because of the ws, as well as beefBeef is meat obtained from a bovine. The better cuts are usually obtained from steers, as heifers tend to be kept for breeding. Older animals are used for beef when they are past their reproductive prime. The meat from older cows and bulls is generally to stewA stew is a common food made of vegetables and meat in some sort of broth or sauce. The line between stew and soup is a fine one, but generally a stew's ingredients are cut in larger pieces, and a stew is more likely to be eaten as a main course than as a.

The formulae are based on the Chinese philosophy of balancing the yin and yangIn Chinese metaphysical concept, yin ( or , pinyin: yin and yang ( or yang are two primal opposing elements of the universe. They are not two poles like good and evil, however. Yin and yang are in symbiosis, complementary and found in every aspect of life in food. A pinch of the powder goes a long way.

Although this spice is used in restaurant cooking, many Chinese households never use it in day-to-day cooking.

A versatile seasoned salt can be easily made by stir-frying common saltFor other meanings of the word salt see salt (disambiguation In chemistry, a salt is a composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. They are typically the product of a chemi with five spice powder under low heat in a dry pan until the spice and salt are well mixed.

1 Sample recipe

Here's a basic recipe for home-made five spice powder.

  1. Roast two teaspoons of Szechuan peppercorns in a dry frypan for about three minutes.
  2. Grind the peppercorns in a pepper grinder or coffee grinder together with 8 star anise pods.
  3. Strain the ground spices to remove any larger bits.
  4. Mix together 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves, 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, and 1 tablespoon ground fennel seeds.
  5. Grind the completed mixture until it is a very fine powder.
  6. Use sparingly, as it is extremely pungent.

2 See also


Chinese cuisine



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