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Types and usage of thirteen incense
(1) pungent-warm type: Illicium verum, cinnamon, fennel, pepper and clove are collectively called five spices, which are generally suitable for family snacks, melon seeds and sauce making. , widely used, suitable for public taste. Generally, the five-spice powder circulating in the market is mainly fennel and broken cinnamon, and there are few fennel and clove, so it has no taste. If it is really made, it should be based on star anise and clove, supplemented by others.
⑵ Spicy type: add Qingchuan pepper, Litsea cubeba, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, cardamom, dried ginger, tsaoko, galangal, etc. On the basis of five kinds of spices, a proper amount of pepper was added in the firing process to achieve spicy taste. The usage is different. Pepper seeds and peppers can be fried in hot oil to achieve a fragrant feeling. Some are ground into powder and put into a pot to boil water. In other words, every chef has his own opinions and hobbies, which can play a certain role.
⑶ Luzhou-flavor: On the basis of general ingredients, fragrant sand, nutmeg, cardamom, Geng Xin and imported fragrant leaves are added to make special flavor, such as sausage, roast chicken, braised chicken and high-grade barbecue.
⑷ Odd taste: Amomum tsaoko, Amomum villosum, Radix Aucklandiae, Rhizoma Kaempferiae, Qingchuan pepper, Rhizoma homalomenae, Cortex Acanthopanacis, and Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. boiled water gives people a fresh feeling.
5. Nourishing type: Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Fructus Siraitiae Grosvenorii, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Cortex Cinnamomi as auxiliary materials, as well as soft-shelled turtle, hen and dog meat. It is a tonic, which can strengthen yang and kidney, benefit qi and enhance human immunity.
Brief introduction of common spices
1. Anise, also known as anise and star anise, is often used in traditional meat processing in China, such as cooking and braised pork products. It can increase the flavor of meat and stimulate appetite.
Fennel is commonly known as fennel and pad incense. It can give off a special fennel flavor, has the effect of appetizing and regulating qi, and is a commonly used spice in meat processing.
(3) Zanthoxylum bungeanum, also known as Qinjiao and Chuanjiao. It has a strong aroma and is a good spicy spice.
4 cinnamon is commonly known as cinnamon. It is a common condiment in meat processing.
⑤ Angelica dahurica has the functions of removing fishy smell, expelling wind, relieving pain and detoxicating, and is a commonly used spice in sauce and brine products.
③ Cloves use dried fruits and flower buds as spices, in which the fruits are called female cloves and flower buds are called male cloves. Clove can be ground into powder and added to meat products, which is a common spice.
⑦ Pepper is divided into white pepper and black pepper. Black pepper tastes better than white pepper. Pepper is a widely used spice because it has a spicy and aromatic taste.
8 Cardamom, also known as Jade Fruit, Nutmeg, etc. , oval, hard, yellow and white, often used in western products.
Pet-name ruby cardamom is often used in liver sausage, pork sausage and hamburger cake.
Attending laurel leaf laurel leaf is a commonly used spice to remove meat flavor in western meat products.
⑾ Salvia miltiorrhiza mainly contains Platycladus orientalis leaves and Carney. Mainly used as flavoring agent.
⑿ Horseradish is generally used as a seasoning for canned food, and can also be mixed with cold dishes after adding other seasonings. Western-style products are used more.
Onion has a strong spicy taste, which can be used to flavor and inhibit the fishy smell. In addition, onions contain a variety of nutrients, which have a medical effect on the human body if eaten regularly.
2 Ginger Ginger has the function of seasoning and deodorizing, and is mainly used for marinating and sauced meat products. In addition, ginger has a good medical function.
(1) Garlic has a special pungent taste, which can inhibit fishy smell and remove peculiar smell. In addition, garlic contains a variety of vitamins and minerals and other nutrients, which can help digestion, stimulate appetite and sterilize.
① Onion Onion can deodorize meat products. In addition, onions are spicy when they are raw and sweet when they are cooked.
Cardamom and cumin are used to prepare beef and mutton, clove is used to prepare pork, and Sannai and Alpinia officinarum are used to prepare chicken.