Pepper is the dry mature pericarp of green pepper, a shrub or small tree plant in the family of Rutaceae, usually mature around the beginning of autumn. Produced in sichuan, shaanxi, henan, hebei, shanxi, yunnan and other provinces, to sichuan production quality is good, to hebei, shanxi production is high.

Pepper is China's unique spice, ranked among the spices "thirteen spices" first. Whether braised, marinated, small dishes, Sichuan pickles, chickens, ducks, fish, sheep and cattle dishes can be used to it, can also be coarsely ground into powder and salt mixed for pepper salt, for dipping. Divided into two kinds of pepper and step pepper, for good seasoning spices, but also can be extracted oil, oil yield is more than 25%.

Pepper oil has a strong flavor, is a good edible oil. The production of peppercorns taste numb and spicy, and the flavor overflows only after frying. It can be used alone in cooking, such as pepper noodles; it can also be prepared with other raw materials into condiments, which are extremely versatile and effective, such as five-spice noodles, pepper salt, onion and pepper salt.

1. Too much consumption is easy to consume intestinal water resulting in constipation;

2. Peppercorns to small seeds, shells light purple is good;

3. Peppercorns will be damp after the birth of the white film, change flavor. Keep it in a dry place, pay attention to moisture;

4. The oil temperature should not be too high when frying pepper oil.

This product of the same genus of green pepper (Z.schinifoliumSieb.etZucc.), folk also used as Sichuan pepper. The difference between the two is that the fruit of Sichuan pepper for a single ? Fruit, while the fruit of green pepper by 2 to 3? Fruit set.