Authentic Thirteen Spices is a seasoning made from zi kow, sand nuts, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, star anise, cumin, dahuric dahurica, sannay, ginger, dry ginger, etc., ground into powder.

Thirteen spices have a variety of production recipes with different details, listed here is a recipe: 200 grams of star anise, 100 grams of cinnamon, 120 grams of cumin, 80 grams of each of dry ginger, Kaempferia galanga, nutmeg, 70 grams of sand nuts, 60 grams of grass berries, 50 grams of each of wooden spices, gao liang jiang, 40 grams of each of Chenpi, cloves, 30 grams of peppercorns. First of all, pour these materials into the pan dry frying 2 minutes as a fried incense, can also be used to microwave baking incense, after the stone mortar pounded into powder, or directly with the wall-breaking cooking machine into powder, is the finished product of thirteen spices.

Separate use can also be, such as star anise strong odor, used in the production of vegetarian dishes and soy products is best; do beef and lamb with Angelica dahurica, can remove the stench to increase the freshness of the taste, so that the meat tender; smoked meat, boiled intestines with cinnamon, meat, intestines can make the aroma is strong, not tired of eating for a long time; blanch the soup with Chenpi and wood, can make the smell of elegant and fragrant; do the fish with trinai and ginger, that can lift the fishy, but also to make the fish crispy and tender suitable for aroma Overflowing; smoked chicken, duck, goose meat, with cardamom and cloves, can make the smoked flavor is unique, chewing the fresh aroma in the mouth, full of fragrance.

Thirteen spices suitable for what dishes

Meat dishes, stewed vegetables suitable for thirteen spices.

Meat dishes, if we make our own meat dishes at home, you can put some thirteen spices to enhance the flavor, to go fishy. For example, when cooking beef or mutton with thirteen spices and white peony, can remove the stink and freshness, so that the flavor of the meat is more delicious, eat up will not be too greasy.

Stewed vegetables, we can do some stewed food at home. If we want to do the stewed noodles this food, you can prepare in advance to cover the lid when the first ready thirteen spices, and finally out of the pot before 1 minute to add thirteen spices, so that when you open the lid of the table on the case of the aroma of all over the place, made out of the better taste of food.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Thirteen Spices