The most widely used spices in Chinese cooking are:
- Five-spice powder or powder Five Flavors. is a curry made with star anise, fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon and Szechuan pepper. It is known as "Um Gion Fan" (five tastes). It is used for marinating or cooking.
- Bean sprouts or "Dragon's Teeth"
- tamarind sauce
- Tausi Beans or Black Beans Salted.
- Pak Choy
- Algae
- dried shrimp
- Chives
- Ginger
- rice noodles
- Szechuan pepper, is not really a pepper but the dried berries of the thorn tree ash, native of Szechuan. Its grains are roasted in a wok and then grind in a mortar.
- sesame oil or sesame , is one of the most characteristic flavors of Chinese cuisine. It gets cold pressed sesame seeds or toasted sesame.
- rice wine. Made from glutinous or glutinous millet fermented and aged for ten years or more. Rice wine is a sweet liquid and low alcohol. It is consumed for drinking and cooking.
- Oyster sauce
- fish sauce
- Algae
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