Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, black tea marinated eggs & tofu. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

One of my favorite dishes when I head back home; it combines hard-boiled eggs with the subtle flavor of anise and the deep brown hues of black tea and soy. The cracked patterns from the broken shells make these quite attractive! I eat these sliced in quarters and chilled as a side dish, appetizer, or snack. Like the taste of black tea.

Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook black tea marinated eggs & tofu using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu:

1. Get 8 eggs
2. Make ready 1 pack hard tofu
3. Take 1 tsp peppercorn
4. Make ready 1 tbsp sichuan peppers
5. Prepare 25 g cubed rock sugar
6. Make ready 2 slices crushed ginger
7. Take 10 g cinnamon
8. Make ready 4 star anise
9. Prepare 4 bay leaves
10. Prepare 4-5 black tea bags
11. Prepare 80 ml dark soy sauce
12. Take 40 ml soy sauce
13. Make ready 1 tbsp salt
14. Get 30 g rice wine/cooking wine
15. Make ready 1 liter water

Cool it down with cold water, let it sit while preparing the pot of marinade. If you have a bag to put everything to cook, it will be easier to remove. Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu instructions. Cool it down with cold water, let it sit while preparing the pot of marinade.

Instructions to make Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu:

1. Boil the eggs (medium heat) for about 5 minutes. Cool it down with cold water, let it sit while preparing the pot of marinade
2. Put everything into the 1 litre of water aside from the cooking wine, eggs, & tofu. If you have a bag to put everything to cook, it will be easier to remove all the spices. Cook for 15 minutes over medium heat
3. Using a spoon, make crack patterns to the shells of the eggs so that when you peel it later, it has pretty zigzag patterns and the marinade absorbs nicely into the eggs. Cut up the tofu into small strips or pieces to also be soaked in the marinade.
4. Remove all the spices from the marinade, put the eggs and tofu into the pot of marinade and cook with the tea bags for about 10 minutes.
5. Remove the tea bags and turn off the heat. Add in the cooking wine and stir to have it blended. The eggs & tofu should sit in the marinade for at least 6 hours before it is ready to be served.
6. Recommend peeling the egg shells after 6 hours. I prefer enjoying the marinated eggs & tofu cold. Some people like to reheat the bowl before serving. Enjoy!

Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu instructions. Cool it down with cold water, let it sit while preparing the pot of marinade. If you have a bag to put everything to cook, it will be easier to remove all the spices. You just need to prepare a few dried ingredients to make the tea egg marinade liquid - black tea bags, cinnamon sticks, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and bay leaves. Then you need to boil all the ingredients with the soy sauce and water to infuse the flavor.

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