5 braised sweet star anise Recipes

vegetable oil, sliced green onions, sugar, chile paste with garlic, garlic cloves, thinly sliced, peeled fresh ginger, crushed, cinnamon sticks, whole star anise, crushed, water, low-sodium soy sauce, sake (rice wine) or sherry, sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 1/2-inch pieces, minced green onions

chicken leg, cut into 5 pieces with bones, dark soya sauce, sugar, cornflour, sweet onion, skin removed and cut into wedges, fresh shiitake mushrooms, cut into halves (can also use black chinese mushrooms, canned or dried), sliced ginger, garlic, skin removed and crushed, cinnamon, star anise, peppercorns, salt, dark soya sauce, water or 300 ml chicken stock, cooking oil, stalk coriander leaves, chopped

vegetable oil, sliced green onion, sugar, chili paste with garlic, garlic cloves, thinly sliced, peeled fresh ginger, crushed (6 1/4-inch slices), cinnamon sticks, whole star anise, crushed, water, low sodium soy sauce, sake (rice wine) or 3 tbsp sherry wine, sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 1/2-inch pieces, minced green onions

lamb shanks, about 4 lb in total (2kg), sea salt, cracked white pepper, olive oil , to brush roasting tin, vine-ripened tomatoes, roughly chopped, potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges, carrots, peeled and cut into wedges, spring onions, trimmed and cut into quarters, fresh dates, halved, fresh apricots, halved, bay leaves, chicken stock, limes , juice of, asian fish sauce, saffron strands, boiling water, fennel seeds, whole star anise, green cardamom pods, cumin seed, cinnamon stick, szechuan peppercorns, red chilies , deseeded and roughly chopped, garlic cloves, crushed, knob fresh gingerroot, sliced, cilantro stems , and roots finely sliced (use extra stems and some leaves if you can tsp obtain cilantro roots), fresh turmeric , root finely sliced (or 1 tsp ground turmeric powder), galangal, roughly chopped (optional), sea salt, white peppercorns, shallots, finely sliced, sweet paprika, extra virgin olive oil, palm sugar (or dark brown sugar), asian fish sauce