Chinese Tea Eggs

Ingredients

• •8 eggs
• •3 black tea bags
• •1/2 cup soy sauce
• •4 cups water
• •3 whole star anise
• •1 cinnamon stick
• •1 tbsp fresh ginger, sliced
• •1 tbsp granulated sugar

Directions

1. 1Boil the eggs for 8 minutes, then cool them in cold water.
2. 2Tap each shell all over with a spoon to create fine cracks without peeling.
3. 3Combine tea, soy sauce, water, star anise, cinnamon, ginger, and sugar in a saucepan.
4. 4Add the cracked eggs and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
5. 5Cool the eggs in the tea mixture and refrigerate them in the liquid for 8 hours.
6. 6Peel the marbled eggs and serve chilled or at room temperature.

💡 The more evenly you crack the shell, the finer and more dramatic the marbled tea pattern becomes.

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