Chinese Eight-Spice Powder Rub

In Chinese cooking, our go-to spice combination is Chinese five-spice powder. Just like the Indian counterpart, garam masala, or Herbs de Provence for French cuisine, these premixed spice mixes are always only as good as the manufacturers. Different manufacturers use different spices, at different ratios, but it usually includes fennel, coriander, star anise, clove, cinnamon, and bay leaf. The number “8” spoken in Mandarin and Cantonese sounds very similar to the corresponding word “prosper