Recipe: Tasty Chinese tea egg!

Chinese tea egg!. 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.

I love Chinese tea leaf eggs. Always takes longer to make than you'd think though. Chinese Tea Leaf Eggs. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. You can have Chinese tea egg! using 26 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chinese tea egg!

1. It's Half of a dozen eggs.
2. Prepare 3/4 cup of medium soy sauce.
3. It's 1/4 cup of dark soy sauce.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of fennel seeds.
5. It's 1 stick of cinnamon.
6. You need 2-3 of star anise seeds.
7. Prepare 1 tbsp of brown sugar.
8. You need 1 tsp of Szechuan peppercorns.
9. You need 1 of bay leaf.
10. You need 1/2 tbsp of green tea leaves.
11. Prepare 1 of tea bag.
12. It's of Salt.
13. It's of Black peppercorns.
14. It's Half of a dozen eggs.
15. It's 3/4 cup of medium soy sauce.
16. Prepare 1/4 cup of dark soy sauce.
17. It's 1 tsp of fennel seeds.
18. Prepare 1 stick of cinnamon.
19. Prepare 2-3 of star anise seeds.
20. It's 1 tbsp of brown sugar.
21. It's 1 tsp of Szechuan peppercorns.
22. It's 1 of bay leaf.
23. It's 1/2 tbsp of green tea leaves.
24. It's 1 of tea bag.
25. You need of Salt.
26. Prepare of Black peppercorns.

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 stores. This Marbled Tea Egg recipe serves up eggs with a beautiful marbled surface. They look beautiful and taste divine!

Chinese tea egg! step by step

1. So that's alot of ingredients, but they give you this beautiful fragrance trust me..
2. So, let's hard boil some eggs for 10 minutes.
3. Take em out, cool em with cold water. And with the aid of a spoon, gently tap the egg to crack the shell..
4. Crack the shell around the entire egg and place each egg in an empty pot..
5. 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.
6. When ready to eat, take out, cool, peel, voilà!!!.
7. So, let's hard boil some eggs for 10 minutes.
8. Take em out, cool em with cold water. And with the aid of a spoon, gently tap the egg to crack the shell..
9. Crack the shell around the entire egg and place each egg in an empty pot..
10. 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.
11. When ready to eat, take out, cool, peel, voilà!!!.

Why This Chinese Tea Egg Recipe Is So Good. Chinese tea eggs are easy to make and are a fun upgrade to your usual lunchbox hard-boiled eggs. Don't wait for a special occasion — here's how to make a batch for yourself tonight. Street-Style Chinese Tea Eggs. by: Cynthia Chen McTernan. Place eggs in pot of cold water, enough that the eggs are covered by about an inch.