
Hello everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, Chinese tea egg!. It is one of my favorites recipe This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look deliciou
Chinese tea eggs were one of my favorite snacks growing up. Yes, while you might have been The tea eggs have a beautiful marbled surface. They are simmered in a savory liquid with star anise.
It is also known as marble egg because cracks in the egg shell create darkened lines with marble-like pattern
Bring the eggs to room temperature by leaving them out of the refrigerator for a couple hour
In the meantime, prepare the sauce base by adding the rest of the.
The Ingredients needed to make Chinese tea egg!:
- It’s Half of a dozen eggs
- Prepare 3/4 cup of medium soy sauce
- Prepare 1/4 cup of dark soy sauce
- Prepare 1 tsp of fennel seeds
- Prepare 1 stick of cinnamon
- It’s 2-3 of star anise seeds
- Prepare 1 tbsp of brown sugar
- You need 1 tsp of Szechuan peppercorns
- It’s 1 of bay leaf
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp of green tea leaves
- You need 1 of tea bag
- It’s of Salt
- It’s of Black peppercorns
- Prepare Half of a dozen eggs
- You need 3/4 cup of medium soy sauce
- It’s 1/4 cup of dark soy sauce
- You need 1 tsp of fennel seeds
- You need 1 stick of cinnamon
- You need 2-3 of star anise seeds
- It’s 1 tbsp of brown sugar
- It’s 1 tsp of Szechuan peppercorns
- Prepare 1 of bay leaf
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp of green tea leaves
- Prepare 1 of tea bag
- Prepare of Salt
- Prepare of Black peppercorns
Eggs are braised with spices and Chinese teas thus have a unique and strong tea flavor.
Tea egg 茶叶蛋 (a type of soy sauce egg 卤蛋 ) is a popular snack in the Chinese community.
You will find street food vendors selling tea egg in the electric rice cooker, Hainanese chicken rice store
I love Chinese tea leaf egg
Step to make Chinese tea egg!:
- So thats alot of ingredients, but they give you this beautiful fragrance trust me.
- So, lets hard boil some eggs for 10 minutes
- Take em out, cool em with cold And with the aid of a spoon, gently tap the egg to crack the shell.
- Crack the shell around the entire egg and place each egg in an empty pot.
- Add all your ingredients and boillllll, reduce the heat and simmer at low. You can simmer all day if you like, the longer the better
- When ready to eat, take out, cool, peel, voilà!!!
- So, lets hard boil some eggs for 10 minutes
- Take em out, cool em with cold And with the aid of a spoon, gently tap the egg to crack the shell.
- Crack the shell around the entire egg and place each egg in an empty pot.
- Add all your ingredients and boillllll, reduce the heat and simmer at low. You can simmer all day if you like, the longer the better
- When ready to eat, take out, cool, peel, voilà!!!
Always takes longer to make than youd think though.
This Marbled Tea Egg recipe serves up eggs with a beautiful marbled surface.
They look beautiful and taste divine!
Why This Chinese Tea Egg Recipe Is So Good.
Tea eggs, also called marbled eggs, are distinctive looking and easy to make.
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