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five-spice powder

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five-spice powder (fvsps)
n.
A seasoning used especially in Chinese cooking, consisting of ground cinnamon, cloves, star anise, fennel seed, and Szechuan peppercorns.


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Sweat a couple of onions, and a little garlic, then warm a teaspoon of Chinese five-spice powder, throw in some plum halves, pop in the blender and you have a lovely sweet and sour sauce for grilled chicken, or better still roast duck or pork.
For a Chinese flavor, five-spice powder adds a distinctive taste, but if you prefer Japanese, you may want to add sake, ginger, or wasabi.
Serves 2 oven-ready quail - 4 a large clove of garlic hot ground chilli powder - 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder - 2 slightly heaped tsp the juice of a lemon groundnut oil - 2 tbs Set the oven at 200C/gas 6.
 
 
 
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