Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, tea eggs. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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. Now, let me voice my opinion on traditional Chinese tea eggs for a second. I like a good tea egg as much as the next person, but it can often be overcooked, with a chalky green yolk that's the result of being simmered for hours.

Tea Eggs is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Tea Eggs is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have tea eggs using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Tea Eggs:

1. Get 8 eggs fresh large hens ’
2. Get 500 ml water 20 fl . oz .
3. Prepare 4 tablespoons soy sauce light
4. Get 1 tablespoon soy sauce dark
5. Make ready 2 bags black tea
6. Prepare 1 cinnamon stick
7. Make ready 2 star anise
8. Get 6 Sichuan peppercorn
9. Get ¼ tangerine peel
10. Take 1 teaspoon salt

Add all the other ingredients and water enough to cover the eggs. Bring water to a boil then turn down the heat. 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!

Instructions to make Tea Eggs:

1. Put the eggs in a lidded saucepan covered with water, about 25mm / 1 inch above the surface of the eggs. Heat on a high heat until boiling with a lid on. Turn down the heat and simmer gently for 1 minute. Remove from the heat leaving the lid on. Allow the eggs to continue to cook in the hot water for 10 minutes.
2. Take the pan from the heat and tip away the hot water. Put under a running tap for one minute then leave the eggs in cold water for 5 minutes. Hold a dressmakers pin or needle vertical with the head resting on a hard work surface. Gently tap the eggs on the point of the pin / needle to pierce to help the marinade penetrate the eggs. Carefully tap the eggshells with the back of a teaspoon to crack the shells.
3. Put all the other ingredients in the saucepan on a high heat. Gently place the cracked eggs in the pan and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes before removing the tea bags. Cover and continue to simmer for another 45 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat with lid on. Let the eggs soak in the tea mixture overnight. Before serving, reheat the tea mixture to warm the eggs.

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. Put the eggs, water, tea leaves, star anise, cloves, peppercorns, salt, dark soy sauce, and light soy sauce in a medium pot with the lid on. Bring it to bring to a boil slowly, over medium heat.

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