Sichuan peppercorns Nutrition facts

Sichuan peppercorns

Sichuan peppercorns are actually the spicy 'outer peel' of berries in the 'prickly ash' family plants native to Sichuan province of China. These sharp, pungent yet flavorful, rusty-red 'peppercorn-like' coverings are one of the top ingredients employed in 'Chinese five-spice' powder.
In the mainland China, they are popular as huājiāo.
Scientific name: Zanthoxylum simulans.
Prickly-ash tree is a citrus family, a flowering plant native to the mountainous Szechuan region of China. It is a small-size tree featuring numerous short, stout spines appear on the woody branches and leaf petioles as in a lemon plant.