Tea Eggs

Name: Tea Eggs
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: 6 chicken eggs; 4 cups water; 3 tbsp Jasmine green tea leaves; ¼ tbsp dark soy sauce; ½ tsp minced ginger; ½ tsp minced garlic

90 min · serves 3

Ingredients

6 chicken eggs
4 cups water
3 tbsp Jasmine green tea leaves
¼ tbsp dark soy sauce
½ tsp minced ginger
½ tsp minced garlic

Steps

Bring water and spices to a boil.
Add eggs, and boil for 3 minutes.
Remove eggs from the liquid and roll them gently on a hard surface to crack the shell all over.
Return the eggs to the pot of liquid, reduce to a simmer, and simmer for 1 hour.
Reduce to low heat and allow eggs to sit in brine until served.

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Adapted from “Tea Eggs” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.