What is in Chinese five spice?

Answer 1

Five-spice powder is a convenient seasoning in Chinese cuisine. It incorporates the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking - sweet, sour, bitter, savory, and salty.

One five spice recipe is powdered:-

# cinnamon, # star anise, # cassia, # ginger root, # and cloves. Another recipe for the powder consists of powdered:-

# Sichuan pepper, # star anise, # cassia, # cloves, # and fennel.

Answer 2

The most common five spice contains star anise, clove, cinnamon, Szechuan pepper and fennel.

Another version of five spice called has the star anise, clove and cinnamon, but the pepper and fennel are replaced with ginger root and powdered cassia buds.

Answer 3

Chinese Five Spice is a blend usually made up of cinnamon, cloves, star anise, fennel, and Szechwan peppercorns, although sometimes it may also contain ginger, nutmeg and licorice. Five Spice is primarily used in Chinese cuisine but also used in other Asian and Arabic dishes.

Answer 4

Pepper, Anise, Ginger

cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, star anise and szechuan peppercorns