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Chinese Five Spice, ground and whole

Homemade Chinese Five Spice

Tammy Circeo
Chinese Five Spice is just that ... from Chinese cuisine and has five spices. The most common and traditional five spices for Chinese Five Spice are Sich⅔uan peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, and fennel seeds.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Course Miscellaneous
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 35 grams

Ingredients
  

  • 6 star anise
  • 2 Tablespoons fennel seeds
  • 4 3-inch cinnamon sticks or 1 Tablespoon, ground
  • 1 Tablespoon Sichuan peppercorns See notes
  • 20 whole cloves or 1 teaspoon ground

Instructions
 

  • Put all of the whole spices in a small skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Stir or shake the skillet while the spices toast, about 2 minutes, or until the skillet just barely starts to smoke. Do not toast ground spices.
  • Transfer the toasted whole spices to a grinder or blender jar. Process until the spices are ground finely.
  • Store at room temperature.

Notes

If you can't find Sichuan peppercorns, use 2 teaspoons of black peppercorns and 1 teaspoon of coriander seeds. 
Keyword chinese five spice, homemade spices
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