Star anise is common in many Chinese dishes, especially recipes involving pork or chicken. Also known as Chinese anise, it features the same three essential oils as the unrelated anise seed. The flavor of star anise is noticeably stronger than the anise seed. Our Whole Star Anise can be used in pickling and brining, marinades, and tea; you can also steep these pieces in milk when making ice cream or custard to add an extra licorice-like note. Ingredients: Star anise.
Seriously over the moon with this anise. Perfect product, fresh and fragrant. It came with mainly FULL sized pieces! Buy this as soon as it's available! I had to wait for this and it was 100% worth it.
So this does say broken pieces, but you will have some full pieces as well. I don't mind as I use them for making my chili oil and they get fished out at the end. Everything came wonderfully packaged and shipped very quickly. I love the fact my flat packs are resealable so I can have it safely stored.
