英文食谱 English Translation: Peiren's 13 Spice Oil Fresh Ginger, sliced into 2mm thick slices: 120 g Star anise (ba jiao) 15 g Szechuan peppercorn (hua jiao) 8 g Sand ginger (sha jiang, a.k.a. galangal, dried Kaempferia galanga) 25 g Fennel seeds (xiao hui xiang) 10 g Black cardamom (cao guo) 3 pods Cloves (ding xiang) 20 pieces Cinnamon bark (rou gui) 3 g Dried tangerine peel (chen pi) 4 g Green cardamom (bai dou kou, Elettaria cardamomum) 3 g Bay leaves (yue gui ye) 4 leaves Licorice (gan cao)10 g Chinese cinnamon twigs (gui zhi, Cinnamomum cassia, available in Chinese herb shops) 10 g Vegetable Oil 500 mL Make sure ginger is cut into 2 mm slices. Thinner slices will burn, and thicker slices take longer to cook, which may result in burning of the dry spices. Dump everything together in a pot and make sure all ingredients are fully submerged. Cook slowly on low to medium heat until just barely bubbling. After about 10 minutes, the black cardamom will be soft enough to crack. Fish them out, crack them open with a mallet, and add them back into the pot. The ginger will gradually become drier and curl up. The spice infused oil will be ready when the ginger is shriveled up and slightly brown, but not burnt. At that point, turn the burner to the highest setting for approximately 10 seconds to extract some extra flavor at a higher temperature, then immediately strain out the spices and allow the oil to cool. Don't throw away the spices after straining them out. They can be reused to make a braised dish by cooking them again with soy sauce, rock sugar, and water.