Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Chinese Five Spice For The BBQ Ribs

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

2 teaspoons Szechuan Pepper corns roasted and ground fine
8 Star Anise, roasted and ground fine
1/2 teaspoon Cloves, ground fine
3 teaspoons Fennel seed, ground fine
3 teaspoons Cinnamon, broken, ground fine


Roast Pepper corns and Star Anis for two minutes in a dry hot frying pan.

Grind the Pepper corns and Star Anis in a mortar, coffee grinder or food-processor until it is a fine powder.

Break the Cinnamon stick to small pieces and grind in a coffee grinder or food-processor until it is a fine powder.

Grind Cloves and Fennel seeds to a fine powder;

Mix five spices together, and grind the whole blend once again until you have a smooth and uniform powder.

Stored dry, cool and dark in a tight closed jar, your own super Chinese Five Spice Powder will hold for weeks.

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