Five-spice powder is my secret weapon in my kitchen. I love it and it’s one of my most-used spices. It’s a mixture of star anise, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, and Sichuan pepper.
The unique scent and aroma is great as a marinate to meat, especially chicken.
You can buy the five-spice powder from any Chinese or Asian stores. They come in a small bottle (like ground pepper) and last a long time.
If you can’t find it at stores, you can certainly purchase them easily online.
The chicken goes so well with steamed rice, or noodles.This recipe is very versatile, you can make it on a skillet, grill it outdoor on a grill, or bake it in the oven.
Either way, it’s an excellent dish that you can make in a jiffy.
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Linda
What is in five spice sauce?
SaSa
a mixture of star anise, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, and Sichuan pepper – as mentioned in this article…
Linda
I meant what is in five spice powder.
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I’m from Singapore and the shockingly, the best 5 spice powder I’ve found is from Williams Sonoma. Fresh, most aromatic and not expensive since it lasts a long time.
Rasa Malaysia
Interesting, thanks for sharing!!
Rhonda
The grocery stores where I shop don’t seem to carry Asian Five Spice can you let me know if I can create these spices myself and how. Because this chicken in this recipe looks delicious and I would like to try to fix this for my family.
Thank you
Cindy
I order all my Asian spices and marinades from Amazon. Having Prime gets the product to me in 2 days. I always find everything I need including 5 spice.
Kat
I love you recipes!! They all look so yummy and I miss the Malaysian food so much!! This is without a doubt the best place to find great recipes. Me and my sisters have just started a new blog, and you can expect lots of linking to your homepage, when we use your recipes ;)
Susan
Whenever I’m browsing through Pinterest, I’m always drawn to the Asian recipes, and when I look further, they’re usually yours! Your recipes are so flavorful and easy to make. What else is nice is that they’re for a smaller number of servings, which is great since I only cook for myself. What would be awesome is if you could put some nutritional information with your recipes, at least calories and fat grams. Thanks!
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Hi Susan – thanks so much for your sweet comment. Yes, my recipes are all easy and delicious and everyone can make it and Nutritional data will be available soon!
Susan
That is great news about the nutritional data! I know it will be very helpful to me and I’m sure lots of other people. I look forward to getting more of your recipes.
NikkiD
I found the Chinese 5 spice at Walmart!
Keri R.
I know the recipe says that you can bake it. Do you need to sear or brown the outside of the chicken thighs before popping it into the oven or just directly? The recipe looks amazing regardless!
Rasa Malaysia
Yes you can sear first before baking and they will taste better. :)
Naviah
I marinated it for one day and added a little more soy, sugar, and a little chicken stock powder. I seared it on both sides for 4 minutes on high for the first 1minute and medium for the next 3 on each side. Then I baked it at 400F for 15 minutes. It was really good :)
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Great to know, glad that you liked my Asian five-spice chicken.
Cindy
I order all my Asian spices and marinades from Amazon. Having Prime gets the product to me in 2 days. I always find everything I need including 5 spice.
Rasa Malaysia
Yep correct!
Gemma
this is so good and easy. i bookmark this recipe for a quick chicken to roast in the air fryer :)
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Awesome, so glad you like this Asian five-spice chicken.