Steenbergs Organic China 5 Spice

Steenbergs Organic China 5 Spice is a premium organic spice blend. It’s perfect for all types of Chinese cookery whether stir fries or for seasoning duck breast.

China Five Spice (ngung heung, spices of five fragrances) is a blend of the core spices for Chinese food: star anise (baat gok), fennel (woof heung), Sichuan pepper (faah jiu) which we substitute for organic black pepper, cloves (ding heung) and cinnamon (yook gwuy).

The core flavour is anise from star anise and fennel seeds. This base gets warmth from black pepper and a woody fragrance from cinnamon and cloves. Traditionally, it includes Sichuan pepper but this is difficult to source as organic.

China 5 spice is great in many Asian recipes like in stir fries and Chinese noodle soups, and its sweet tangy flavours sit well with the greasy meats like pork and duck. Just rub one teaspoon of China 5 Spice onto a duck breast then drizzle with honey, leave for 30 minutes in the fridge and roast for 20 minutes in an oven at 180C. Just wonderful!

It’s also great with vegetables and tofu and gives that distinctive sweet and savoury anise seed flavour that boosts stir fries and noodle soups.