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⌈ Secret Post #5585 ⌋

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Comments

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

Star anise, bay leaf, five spice powder, coriander, green onion, cilantro. Doubanjiang/gochujang for that umami flavouring. Also gochugaru is becoming a fav stand in for chili pepper since it has a pleasant sweetness to it.

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

How is star anise supposed to be used, if you don't mind me asking? There is a jar of it lurking in the back of our cupboard, but neither of us remember buying it or know what to use it in. I'd love to be able to do something with it.

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

I typically only use it in braised recipes. I cook a lot of Asian based foods ie. Cantonese home style food and a very common dish to make is braised recipes. You can also put them in soups as well (put in a soup bag for no mess!) and a common base for beef pho uses it in conjunction with whole cinnamon stick alongside other aromatics.

You can braise pretty much anything ie. Meats, vegetables, tofu; it's very versatile.

Typically you brown up whatever meat/main component you have, then put in aromatics (star anise, bay leaf, slices of ginger, whole green onion). Stir fry til aromatic then put in equal parts soy sauce, doubanjiang (soy bean paste), oyster sauce. Salt and pepper it up and then add in enough water to cover 2/3 of whatever meat/main component you have. Put on a lid and boil for 20-25 min depending on the meat.

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you, you've been super. I'm gonna enjoy using it now I know what to do with it.

Re: cooking

[(Anonymous)]

Like the other anon said, it gets used in Chinese braised dishes, like this one:

https://thewoksoflife.com/soy-sauce-chicken/#recipe