What are the five spices?

The five spices are anise, cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns and sand nuts.

The aroma of cloves is moderate, anise has a heavy aroma, which can make meat and fishy food, unctuous, pepper can remove the fishy smell of various meats. Sand nut is the mature fruit of the plant Yangchun sand, tastes astringent, smells fragrant, warm medicinal properties, taste pungent. It has the effect of strengthening the stomach and eliminating food, and the five spices are the five flavors and spices.

Five spices can play a role in increasing the freshness and aroma, five spices of different ingredients, it will be different flavors, such as spicy noodles, hot and sour noodles, etc., the recipe is different, five spice powder due to different ingredients, it has a variety of different flavors and different names, such as spicy powder, fresh spicy powder, etc., is the indispensable seasoning for home cooking, meal preparation.

Extended information:

The five spices can be made into five spice powder, is one of the delicious condiments in the cooking, but also commonly known as the "five spice noodles", known as "five spice noodles". It is one of the indispensable seasonings in the cooking process When you hear the name of five-spice powder, the first reaction of many people is that it consists of five kinds of spices. In fact, this is not the case, he is more than 5 kinds of 10 kinds of spices configuration configuration and become.

The name Five Spice Powder comes from the balance of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty flavors required by Chinese culture. It is used in a variety of different configurations and ratios because of the different cooking ingredients it is used for.

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