Tea eggs (marbled tea eggs)
Tea eggs (marbled tea eggs)

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, tea eggs (marbled tea eggs). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Tea eggs (marbled tea eggs) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Tea eggs (marbled tea eggs) is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Chinese Tea Egg is a famous Chinese street food which is also known as marbled egg. Eggs are braised with spices and Chinese teas thus have a unique and strong tea flavor. Traditional tea eggs are usually heating on a stove and has been boiled for quite a long time, possibly server hours. As a result, the egg white becomes quite rubber like and the yolk becomes quite hard and dry.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have tea eggs (marbled tea eggs) using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Tea eggs (marbled tea eggs):
  1. Prepare For the eggs:
  2. Prepare 6 cups boiled kettle water
  3. Take 7-8 eggs
  4. Take 1 large mixing bowl, filled with ice cold water
  5. Get Egg marinade:
  6. Get Wrapped in muslin
  7. Take 2 staranise
  8. Take 1 cinnamon stick
  9. Get 2 slices ginger
  10. Prepare 2 black tea bags or 1 tablespoon loose leaves
  11. Get 2 bay leaves
  12. Take 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
  13. Prepare In the pot:
  14. Make ready 4 tablespoons light soy suace
  15. Get 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
  16. Prepare 2 tablespoons sugar
  17. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
  18. Get 2 cups water

Chinese tea eggs are packed with flavour and have a beautiful marble look. Chinese Tea Eggs are hardboiled then the shells are gently cracked with a spoon to allow a soaking liquid of black tea and spices to seep inside and color the eggs where they are cracked. When eaten the eggs bear a gentle flavor of the soaking liquid of black tea, star anise, cinnamon, and in my version Szechuan peppercorns, Chinese Five Spice. Cháyèdán or tea marbled eggs are Chinese fast food.

Steps to make Tea eggs (marbled tea eggs):
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. With a teaspoon, gently crack the eggs (this creates the beautiful marbling effect), and place in a large jar or container.
  5. 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.
  6. 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!

When eaten the eggs bear a gentle flavor of the soaking liquid of black tea, star anise, cinnamon, and in my version Szechuan peppercorns, Chinese Five Spice. Cháyèdán or tea marbled eggs are Chinese fast food. Enjoyed for centuries, tea eggs are great hot or cold, savored on a plate or eaten on the run. These savory and lightly spiced hard-boiled eggs are as delicious as they are beautiful. The secret to perfectly dyed eggs is in how you crack the shells.

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