Spices used in stewed pork: star anise, baiji, caoguo, angelica, tangerine peel, bay leaf, cinnamon.

1. Illustration

It is a plant of the Illicium family and the genus Illicium. Tree, crown tower-shaped, oval or conical; bark dark gray; branches densely packed. The leaves are irregular and alternate, obovate-elliptical, oblanceolate or elliptical; the regular fruit blooms from March to May and matures from September to October, and the spring fruit blooms from August to October and bears fruit from March to April of the following year. Ripe.

2. White cardamom

Alternative names: boney, nutmeg, white cardamom, white cardamom kernel, cardamom, which is the fruit of white cardamom, a perennial herbaceous plant of the Zingiberaceae family. The fruits are yellow-green from October to December and are harvested when they have not yet cracked.

3. Caoguo

Cardamom is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Zingiberaceae family. It has clustered stems and can reach a height of 3 meters. The whole plant has a spicy aroma and its leaves are oblong or oblong. Shape, apex acuminate, base attenuate, margins dry and membranous, smooth and hairless on both sides, ligule entire, apex obtuse, spike-like inflorescences unbranched, with up to 30 flowers per inflorescence.

4. Angelica dahurica

Tall perennial herb, 1-2.5 meters high, cylindrical root, 2-5 cm in diameter at the base of the stem, basal leaves divided into pinnate shapes, with compound umbrellas The inflorescences are terminal or lateral, and the fruits are oblong to oval.

5. Tangerine peel

It is the dried and mature peel of the Rutaceae plant tangerine.

6. Bay leaf

Also known as bay leaf, it is the dried stems and leaves of Lauraceae plant Laurel. It is a seasoning with alternate leaves, wide heart-shaped or nearly round, and nearly Palmate, 5-7 deep lobes, the lobes are further divided into narrow lobes, the edges are finely hairy, with unequal notches, and both sides are densely hairy; the petiole is 4-6 cm long; the stipules are flat and broad, often falling off.

7. Cinnamon

Also known as cinnamon, laurel, official cinnamon or cinnamon, it is the general name of Lauraceae plants such as cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon, and cassia. Osmanthus chuanensis is an evergreen tree. Its young branches are ribbed, purple-gray brown, with alternate or nearly opposite leaves, glossy and hairless. It is a unique plant in China and is mainly produced in Hubei, Sichuan and Hunan.

Introduction to spices

Also known as fragrance raw materials, it is a substance that can be smelled by the sense of smell or scented by the taste sense. It is a raw material used to prepare flavors.