Chinese tea eggs (茶葉蛋)
 
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Recipe type: snack
Cuisine: Taiwanese
Serves: 5 ppl
Ingredients
  • 12 eggs
  • 4 cups of water
  • ½ cups of soy sauce
  • 1 Tsp of salt
  • 1 Tbsp of sugar
  • 2 star anise
  • 2 black tea tea bags
Instructions
  1. Prepare a pot of cold water, add eggs
  2. bring to boil
  3. boil at low heat for 8 min
  4. Remove the eggs from the pot. Cool down to temperature that can handle with hands
  5. Take a spoon. Gently crack eggs
  6. Prepare the stew by adding water, soy sauce, sugar, salt, star anise and black tea tea bags
  7. Add the eggs to the stew, bring the stew to boil and cook for 20 min
  8. Turn off the heat and let the heat cook for 20 min
  9. Turn on the heat and boil for another 20 min
  10. (optional) If you are not too picky. You can cook at low heat or use slow cooker to cook 60 min.
Recipe by It's My Dish at https://itsmydish.com/chinese-tea-eggs/