What is an alternative to Japanese seven-spice chilli powder?!

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Do NOT substitute Chinese 5 spice for Shichimi togarashi. It is completely different. Here's the ingredients for Shichimi togarashi.

coarsely ground red chili pepper (the main ingredient)
ground sansho (Sichuan peppercorns)
roasted orange peel
black sesame seed
white sesame seed
hemp seed
ground ginger

In a pinch, you can get by with red pepper flakes, ground black pepper (just a little. Sichuan peppercorns aren't actually peppercorns, but they're similar), and sesame seeds as a substitution.


Chinese 5 spice ingredients:

star anise
cloves
cinnamon
Sichuan peppercorns
fennel seed

Feel free to use 5 spice though. Just don't call your dish Teriyaki. Call it 5 spice chicken. It's quite good.

my spice rack

Courtesy of Local Kine Recipes. University of Hawaii.

3 broken fryers, split or quartered
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup shoyu (Japanese soy sauce)
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/3 cup white wine
1/4 cup frozen pineapple juice concentrate.
pinch of fresh or dried ginger.
drop or two of Worcestershire sauce.
PREPARATION:

Mix ingredients in bowl, brush over chicken pieces. Grill over barbecue, turning and basting with sauce until it is done (about 40 minutes).

Note: Huli-Huli sauce can also be purchased pre-made in bottled form and many supermarkets.

You don't need seven spice powder for traditional yakitori. But if you like spicy stuff you of course can use it.

Here is a video how to make yakitori at home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJQUakDvf…

But if you are interested in seve-spice chili powder its called Shichimi tōgarashi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shichimi

And you can buy it on amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002YG…

Hope this helps

I would go ahead and use the Chinese five spice and maybe add a little Cayenne pepper to spice it up a little more if that is what you are after. If not, then the 5 spice should work too.

http://www.spicesonline.net/japanese-chi…
http://tinyurl.com/4llpl4o