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Chinese And Japanese Spice Info

Yield: 1 Servings

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The Japanese use many aromatic ingredients in their cooking, although few
are spices. Those most commonly used are wasabi and sansho, which are
exclusive to Japanese cuisine, chilies, mustard, ginger and sesame. All are
used with moderation.

The Chinese use some spice mixtures, to flavor meats and poultry and in
marinades. The best-known spice blend is five-spice powder, but Chinese
supermarkets also stock large bags, labeled mixed spices, which contain
cassia, star anise, cardamom, dried ginger, Sichuan pepper, licorice root
and cassia buds. This mixture is used in a technique common throughout
China called flavor-potting, where meat is steeped in a rich spiced sauce;
the sauce permeates the meat and the meat enriches the sauce. The blend has
a predominantly woody smell of cassia combined with anise.

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