How to Make Five Spice PowderFive Spice Powder is probably one of the most well-known Chinese seasoning blends, and a popular shortcut for getting that signature flavor. What is five spice powder made of?We did an informal audit of five spice powders, and it’s usually a combination of: cinnamon, fennel seed, star anise, and cloves.When it comes to the fifth spice, it can be a bit of a wild card between ginger, white pepper, and Sichuan peppercorns! That said, the beauty of this recipe is that there’s some wiggle room based on what spices you have on hand, and you can cater them to your taste. Some of you may have also heard of another less common Chinese spice, thirteen-spice powder.If you want to recreate that recipe at home, that one will be a biiiit more complicated as you can imagine.

It may include Chinese black cardamom (tsaoko/cao guo), amomum fruit, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, star anise, fennel, costus root, angelica, galangal, sand ginger, and regular ginger.[LINKS]Our Five Spice Powder RecipeLike I said, five spice powder has four core ingredients: cinnamon, fennel, star anise, and cloves—the last one can be up to you! That said, I like the dimension that Sichuan pepper powder adds.Sand ginger also adds a particularly good flavor, but I’ve included it as optional.We started with a mix of powders and whole spices and used our blender to combine everything into a fine powder.

You can also use a spice grinder if you have one, or just buy the indivi

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