Tea Eggs
Eggs simmered and cracked, then steeped in spiced soy and tea until marbled and savoury.
Prep
10 min
Cook
75 min
Total
85 min
Serves
6
Per serving
129 kcal
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Instructions
Step 1: Simmer the eggs in the water until hard boiled, then lift them out and cool them briefly.
Step 2: Tap each shell all over so it cracks but stays on.
Step 3: Add the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, star anise, cinnamon stick, Sichuan peppercorns, sugar, salt and black tea leaves to the water.
Step 4: Return the eggs and simmer very gently, then leave them to steep off the heat until deeply marbled.
Ingredients
Quantities update automatically for 6 servings.
- 8 wholeEgg
- 1 ¼ litreWater
- 60 mlLight soy sauce
- 2 tbspDark soy sauce
- 2 wholeStar anise
- 1 stickCinnamon stick
- 1 tspSichuan peppercorns
- 1 tbspSugar
- 1 tspSalt
- 2 tbspBlack tea leaves
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving, calculated from the ingredient list. Not yet reviewed.
- Calories
- 129 kcal
- Protein
- 10.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- 5.1 g
- Fat
- 7.1 g
- Saturated fat
- 2.3 g
- Fibre
- 0.6 g
- Sugar
- 3.2 g
- Sodium
- 1236 mg
These figures are estimates for general information only and are not medical or dietary advice.