Spice Blend – Chinese Five Spice

Just for my records, can’t keep track of what’s in what and getting confused when people add a blend to a recipe then just call for most of everything in the blend to be added to the recipe separately. Sourced from a post on All Recipes.

Chinese-Style Five Spice Rub
Ingredients
1/4 cup whole star anise pods
5 tablespoons whole cloves
5 tablespoons Szechuan peppercorns
5 tablespoons fennel seed
1/4 cup ground cinnamon
Directions
Grind the anise pods, cloves, peppercorns, fennel, and cinnamon in a 
spice mill or with a mortar and pestle to a fine powder. 
Store in a sealed container in a cool dark place until needed.

Spice Blend – Adobo

 

Adobo Spice Blend – not to be confused with filipino adobo which is a cooking style and not a spice blend, as far as im concerned. That gets really confusing, especially when watching cooking shows on tv.

These Spice Blend recipes are just for my records, and most of them come from posts on All Recipes.

 

Homemade Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning
3 tablespoons garlic powder
2 1/2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons ground black pepper 
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
   Directions
Whisk garlic powder, salt, black pepper, oregano, and turmeric 
together in a bowl. Store in an airtight container.

We’ll see how trying to credit/source these things go formatting wise.

Spice Blend – Garam Masala

Garam Masala, this is just for my records really because I keep forgetting what’s in what, or getting confused when a recipe calls for a spice blend but then adds -more- of a spice already in the blend. I’ve seen one recipe in particular that calls for garam masala but then called for 6 of the 7 spices to be added on top of it, which is, rather pointless.

Garam Masala

• cumin
• coriander
• cardamom
• black peppercorn
• cinnamon
• cloves
• nutmeg

Quoted from All Recipes, and I have no idea how to do Source Credit or Footnote post in here.

1 Simple Spice Mix, 8 Thrilling Indian Dishes

“The Spice Mix: Easy Garam Masala

Garam masala is a fragrant blend of ground spices that comes in countless variations. This basic recipe combines cumin, coriander, cardamom, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Compare it with Kashmiri Garam Masala, a dry-roasted spice blend that includes those seven spices plus bay leaves, fennel seed, and mace; or Tandoori Masala, which includes the seven plus garlic powder, ginger, fenugreek, and mace.”

Everybody Out of the Cupboard – Spice Blend.

Make a Dent in the Spice Cupboard spice blend.

This works great as a spice rub for pork or chicken, or in a yogurt marinade for chicken.

Start at 1 tsp for 2 servings of meat, double the quantity of spice every time you double the meat portion.

• ground ginger
• garlic salt
• ground cumin
• ground turmeric
• cayenne powder
• onion powder
• dry mustard – also known as mustard powder, dry mustard powder, hot mustard powder
• salt
• ground/cracked black pepper