Due to different ingredients, five-spice powder has many different flavors and different names, such as spicy powder, fresh spicy powder, etc. It is an indispensable seasoning for home cooking and meals.

Recipe 1: 60g Amomum villosum, 12g cloves, 7g cardamom, 7g cinnamon, 12g Sanchao

Recipe 2: 20g aniseed, 5g dried ginger, 8g cumin, 18g Sichuan peppercorns, 6g tangerine peel, 18g Sichuan peppercorns

Recipe 3: 52g of aniseed, 7g of cinnamon, 10g of pangasius, 3g of white pepper, 4g of amomum villosum, 17g of dried ginger, 7g of licorice

Five-spice powder is generally used to pickle and soak meat. When making meat rice dumplings and frying glutinous rice, add some five-spice powder to make the meat rice dumplings full of flavor.

The so-called five-spice powder is to grind more than 5 kinds of spices into powder and mix them together. It is often used to apply on chicken and duck meat before frying or frying. It can also be mixed with fine salt to make a dipping sauce. use. It is widely used in spicy dishes of Oriental cuisine, and is especially suitable for seasoning in roasted or stir-fried meats, stews, braised, simmered, steamed and boiled dishes. Its name comes from the balance required by Chinese culture for the five flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty.

The basic ingredients of five-spice powder are ground peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise, cloves, and cumin seeds. Some recipes also include dried ginger, cardamom, licorice, pepper, tangerine peel, etc. Mainly used in stewed meat or poultry dishes, or added to marinades to enhance flavor, or mixed with stuffing.

Nutritional Analysis

Five-spice powder brings together the advantages of various raw materials. It has a fragrant smell and pungent and warming properties. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and warming the body, anti-inflammatory and diuretic, and is good for improving the body’s resistance. Strength helps to some extent.

Nutrient content:

Calories (kcal) 348 Thiamine (mg) 0 Calcium (mg) 181

Protein (g) 1 Riboflavin (mg) 0.03 Magnesium (mg) 88

Fat (g) 8 Niacin (mg) 1.5 Iron (mg) 34.4

Carbohydrates (g) 68 Vitamin C (mg) 0 Manganese (mg) 0

Dietary fiber (g) 5.3 Vitamin E (mg) 9.59 Zinc (mg) 2.79

Vitamin A (microgram) 0 Cholesterol (mg) 0 Copper ( mg) 1.25

Carotene (microgram) 5.3 Potassium (mg) 1138 Phosphorus (mg) 66

Retinol equivalent (microgram) 12.4 Sodium (mg) 27.2 Selenium ( micrograms) 5.73

About 10 minutes