Five Spice Powder

Spice mix

Five Spice Powder
China

This mix is used throughout China and is considered a blend of the "five flavors" (sweet, sour, bitter, pungent and salty). There are other "Five Spices" formulas, some including ginger and some with more than five spices, but this is the primary formula.
Important Note: For a few years recently importing Szechuan peppercorns into the U.S. was illegal and a lot of formulas were published using black peppercorns instead. They are not the same thing at all.

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Szechuan peppercorns
Fennel seed
Star Anise, whole
Cloves, whole
Cinnamon, whole

This recipe is sufficient to nearly fill a 4 ounce spice jar

Separately dry roast SZECHUAN PEPPER and FENNEL SEED until they are fragrant. Cool.
Grind ALL Ingredients into a fine powder.
package in an airtight jar.

NOTES:

Amounts: all amounts are measured as ground, but all spices should be freshly ground from whole, not pre-ground. One of those little rotating blade coffee grinders does an excellent job.

U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove ",in=inch