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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook tea eggs (marbled tea eggs) using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Tea eggs (marbled tea eggs):
- Get For the eggs:
- Take 6 cups boiled kettle water
- Take 7-8 eggs
- Take 1 large mixing bowl, filled with ice cold water
- Take Egg marinade:
- Get Wrapped in muslin
- Make ready 2 staranise
- Get 1 cinnamon stick
- Make ready 2 slices ginger
- Take 2 black tea bags or 1 tablespoon loose leaves
- Make ready 2 bay leaves
- Take 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
- Get In the pot:
- Make ready 4 tablespoons light soy suace
- Make ready 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
- Get 2 tablespoons sugar
- Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 2 cups water
Eggs simmering in the tea broth. Cover the eggs with cold water, put the lid on and bring to the boil over a high heat. Marbled tea eggs begin with hard boiled eggs. You crack the eggs gently with the back of a metal spoon and then steep them in a fragrant mixture of soy sauce, tea, cinnamon, star anise, and Chinese five spice powder so the color seeps through the shells.
Instructions to make Tea eggs (marbled tea eggs):
- In a medium sized pot,. On medium high heat bring water to a boil, then reduce heat low. Add the eggs carefully to avoid Cracking. Tip: cook eggs for 5 minutes for soft boiled, 7 minutes for almost set, 10 minutes for hard boiled.
- Once the eggs are done, immediately transfer to ice cold water in a mixing bowl (this stops the eggs from cooking further) and let eggs cool down.
- In a muslin cloth, add the dry spice ingredients and tie together. Add the other marinade ingredients to the medium pot and place the muslin inside. On medium heat, bring to a boil and let the spices infuse. Once boiled, reduce the heat to very low and simmer for 5 minutes. Then turn off the heat and let the marinade cool down.
- With a teaspoon, gently crack the eggs (this creates the beautiful marbling effect), and place in a large jar or container.
- Pour the cooled down marinade into the container or jar. Fill until the eggs are completely covered. Place in the fridge and leave for 1 day. The longer the eggs are left in the marinade the deeper the flavour becomes. The eggs will last for 4 - 5 days in the refrigerator.
- Gently peel the eggs to reveal the marble pattern. With a sharp knife cut the eggs in half. Serve on it's own as a snack, with a stew or in a ramen soup noodle. I go for a softer boiled egg as I prefer the Onsen-style glazed yolk!
Marbled tea eggs begin with hard boiled eggs. You crack the eggs gently with the back of a metal spoon and then steep them in a fragrant mixture of soy sauce, tea, cinnamon, star anise, and Chinese five spice powder so the color seeps through the shells. The aroma and faint flavor of the tea, soy sauce, and spices turn an ordinary snack into an extraordinary one. Hard-cook the eggs: Place the eggs in a saucepan and cover by an inch of water. Bring to a rolling boil, then remove from heat.
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