What to Make with of star anise – Fast, Fresh, and Tasty Ideas

Wondering what to do with of star anise? Try these quick, healthy, and crowd-pleasing recipes.

Recipes with of star anise

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Sauerkraut Soup with Pork Ribs (東北酸菜排骨)

This sauerkraut pork ribs is a sour, fragrant and appetising home-cooked dish with the characteristics of tender meat, thick soup, sour and refreshing taste that can relieve greasiness. It is usually prepared by stewing, with a rich taste, nutrition and deliciousness.

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Indonesian Oxtail Soup

Oxtail soup is a mouth-watering Indonesian dish with a clear, rich broth. Using oxtail as the main ingredient, the meat is cooked until tender and soft, resulting in a savory and aromatic broth. A blend of spices such as cloves and star anise gives the broth a warm and deep touch. Added with chopped carrots and tomatoes, this soup is not only delicious but also healthy. Served warm, oxtail soup is perfect to enjoy with family as a heart-warming main course.

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Braised Beef Shank

The braised beef, with its glossy, reddish-brown color, has a firm texture and clear marbling. Slow-cooked in a rich, savory braising liquid, it exudes a mellow, sweet aroma with hints of star anise and cinnamon. Sliced thinly, it's chewy yet tender and not greasy. It's perfect for serving cold with drinks or hot with noodles, making it a popular and comforting home-style dish enjoyed by people of all ages.

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Homemade slow-cooked fragrant brine

I really can't eat the braised dishes sold outside. I tried a Chaoshan bagged marinade that was popular on the Internet before, but the greasy smell was too strong when it was cooked, and I couldn't get used to it. It seems that you can't be lazy when making braised food. It's still more reliable to carefully prepare a pot of marinade yourself. After each braising, carefully filter out impurities, boil it, let it cool, and put it in the refrigerator for the next time. Why does the old braising become more fragrant as it is braised? First, the protein, amino acids, and fat of the ingredients will melt into the sauce during the braising process, and the flavor of the spices will be released repeatedly. Under the interaction, the taste becomes more and more intense and the layers are richer; second, the more times the braising is done, the spicy aroma of the spices in the marinade and the umami flavor of the ingredients will gradually balance and stabilize, and the braised food will naturally be more mellow. You should also pay attention to the storage of the old braising: filter and boil it for sterilization after each braising, seal it well and refrigerate or freeze it. It is recommended to use it within 1-2 weeks, and it is best to boil it again once a week for sterilization to prevent deterioration.

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Braised Beef Brisket Noodles

Braised Beef Brisket Noodles is a rich, flavourful soup built on beef brisket and pork trotter, simmered with classic Chinese spices like dried chillies, Sichuan peppercorn, star anise, cinnamon bark, and bay leaves. The broth is seasoned with chilli bean sauce, soybean sauce, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, and salt, then poured over your noodles of choice (with optional vegetables) for a hearty bowl.

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Ground Pot Fish(地鍋魚)

Ground Pot Fish is a comforting pot of sea bass layered with assorted mushrooms and tofu, finished in a fragrant base of garlic, ginger, diced tomato, star anise, and spicy bean paste. Hua tiao wine, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and dark soy sauce bring a deep, savory aroma, while green onions, white pepper, and salt keep the flavors clean and balanced. A cozy, shareable dish that’s rich, warming, and full of umami.

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Bay-Leaf & Star-Anise Tea Eggs

A snack of hard-boiled eggs cracked and steeped in tea, soy, sugar and spices until their shells turn marbled and the whites and yolks absorb a rich, savory-sweet flavor. Best after several hours or, ideally, overnight.

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Salt Baked Prawns(鹽焗蝦)

Salt Baked Prawns is all about clean sweetness from prawns wrapped in a bold, fragrant salt crust. Coarse salt is perfumed with bay leaves, star anise, dried ginger, Sichuan pepper, dried chillies (to your preferred heat), and a touch of onion, then finished with a splash of hua tiao wine for a warm, unmistakably aromatic lift.

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Braised Big Bones (醬大骨)

This is a Northeast China way of making the big bones in rich and flavourful taste! Deeply savoury and richly aromatic, these big bones are braised Dongbei-style with a bold mix of soy sauces, beer, warming spices like cinnamon bark and star anise, plus dried tangerine peel for a subtle citrus lift—finished with a gentle chilli warmth.

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Sichuan and Chongqing specialty cold noodles

Sichuan and Chongqing special cold noodles, both delicious and beautiful. The noodles are chewy and chewy, paired with crisp bean sprouts, sweet cucumber shreds, and crispy peanuts, with rich taste. The sauce is the soul, with bright red chili oil and spicy pepper powder as the base, soy sauce to enhance the freshness, balsamic vinegar to add acidity, minced garlic and chopped green onions to stimulate the aroma, spicy, fresh, fragrant and sour interweaving, with a rich taste. Sichuan and Chongqing tourism is hot, and cold noodles have become a must-try delicacy, especially in the bustling food square, where bowls of cold noodles are placed on the stalls, and the noodles are piled into a small mountain, with red, green, yellow and white staggered, and the appearance is eye-catching. Tourists sit around and taste it, sweating from the spiciness but still unable to stop, becoming a bright business card for Sichuan and Chongqing's food culture.