The way to give your homemade chicken fried rice something a little special is to use a single seasoning with a lot of flavor: Chinese five-spice powder. Chinese five-spice powder is a blend of ...

Lemongrass is the customary seasoning for Vietnamese-style grilled pork or chicken, but Phan used fragrant Chinese five-spice powder instead. He also included red miso in the marinade — it's not ...

Five-spice powder is available from Chinese grocers, and is becoming more widely available in supermarkets too. A good blend should be fragrant and spicy but also slightly sweet.