Chinese 5 Spice Powder
Learn how to make Chinese five spice powder to use in your favorite Asian-inspired recipes at home!
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground anise seed about 3 whole stars
- ½ teaspoon fennel seeds about ½ teaspoon whole, ground
- ½ teaspoon black pepper about 6 peppercorns, ground
- ¼ teaspoon cloves about 3 whole cloves, ground
Instructions
- If using whole spices, place them all in a spice grinder or clean coffee grinder and grind to a powdery consistency.
- If already ground, mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
- Transfer the ground spice mix inside a spice jar and store it in your spice drawer or pantry for up to 6 months.
Notes
- Yield: 2 tablespoons
- Want to use ginger instead of fennel? Use ¼ of a teaspoon of ground ginger instead.
- You can also use Szechuan/Sichuan peppercorns.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 5
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 teaspoon | |
| Calories | 5kcal | 0% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 0.2g | 0% |
| Fat | 0.2g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.03g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Sodium | 1mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 18mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 0.02g | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 5IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 14mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.