Chinese Five Spice
Five Spice Monte Cristo
Versatile
Chinese Five Spice is well rounded with sweet, pungent, and salty flavors. This is an extremely versatile mixture best suited to rice, vegetables, and virtually any type of stir fry, and often sweet treats too!
Chinese Five Spice
Five Spice Spring Rolls
Five Elements
While it's commonly believed that Chinese five-spice gets its name because it contains 5 spices, the number actually refers to the 5 elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. In traditional Chinese medicine, these elements manifest themselves in various parts of the human anatomy, and imbalances in these elements are said to be the cause of disease.
Versatile
It is popular in Chinese cuisine, but is also used in other Asian cookery, and is probably most recognizable in the west as the main seasoning in Char Siu (Chinese barbecued pork).
Aromatic
Highly aromatic Chinese five-spice powder enhances stir-fried vegetables, chicken, and especially fatty meats like pork and duck.
Five Spice Spring Roll
Not too much!
Five-spice powder isn't hot, but it's very concentrated and should be
used in small quantities.
Five Spice Recipes
