Chinese tea egg!. Hundreds of herbs, formulas and teas to choose from. Chinese Tea Eggs, An Authentic Recipe. This authentic recipe for Chinese tea eggs yields not just a flavorful egg (from lots of spices, soy sauce, and rice wine), but also a soft yolk!
It is also known as marble egg because cracks in the egg shell create darkened lines with marble-like patterns. Commonly sold by street vendors or in night markets in most Chinese communities throughout the world, it is also commonly. Chinese tea eggs were one of my favorite snacks growing up. You can have Chinese tea egg! using 26 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chinese tea egg!
- Prepare Half of a dozen eggs.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of medium soy sauce.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of dark soy sauce.
- It's 1 tsp of fennel seeds.
- You need 1 stick of cinnamon.
- It's 2-3 of star anise seeds.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of brown sugar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Szechuan peppercorns.
- Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
- You need 1/2 tbsp of green tea leaves.
- You need 1 of tea bag.
- You need of Salt.
- It's of Black peppercorns.
- You need 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.
- You need 1 tbsp of brown sugar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Szechuan peppercorns.
- It's 1 of bay leaf.
- It's 1/2 tbsp of green tea leaves.
- It's 1 of tea bag.
- It's of Salt.
- It's of Black peppercorns.
Yes, while you might have been snacking on chips or cookies, back in China, we snack on savory eggs 🙂 The tea eggs are so popular and you can find them everywhere - from a breakfast street vendor who has a big pot of these eggs constantly ready on the side of her cart, or packaged. Tea eggs made of eggs, tea and spices. It is named since the eggs were boiled in the tea spice sauce and make the egg have a flavor of the tea. During the cooking process, the cracks on the eggshell will cause the tea spice sauce to form a marble-like pattern on the protein surface, so it is also called marble eggs.
Chinese tea egg! instructions
- So that's alot of ingredients, but they give you this beautiful fragrance trust me..
- So, let's hard boil some eggs for 10 minutes.
- Take em out, cool em with cold water. 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, voilĂ !!!.
- So, let's hard boil some eggs for 10 minutes.
- Take em out, cool em with cold water. 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, voilĂ !!!.
Chinese New Year was last week, and to celebrate, I made some tea eggs! Simmering in a mixture of spices and tea, the eggs are full of flavor soaking through the egg whites. Chinese tea is good for cleansing our digestive system. Often times, we'd like to have a cup of Chinese tea after a meal. Sometimes, I use Chinese tea for cooking.