Chinese Tea Eggs

Chinese Tea Eggs. Salty, savoury hard boiled eggs soaked in a soy and tea based liquid flavoured with Chinese Five Spice. A delicious side to any meal.

My Chinese tea eggs with 5 spice is so easy to make! And the longer you soak it the more flavour but I share a recipe that is quicker than others where the soaking process is usually overnight.

This Chinese tea eggs recipe only takes 1 hour to make and you still get those delicious salty savoury eggs.

This dish is a classic that originates from China. It’s serves as a snack or side dish that you usually eat with some rice and veggies.

Not only are Chinese Tea Eggs delicious but they are beautiful to look at with that cracked pattern!

Also, my recipe for Chinese tea eggs only requires a small pot to make these! They’re really simple.

This recipe was also adapted from Strictly Dumpling’s recipe. You guys should check out his recipe. His does take a bit longer and requires more ingredients and I decided to simplify it and add one more delicious ingredient (Chinese Five Spice)

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Watch how I made it!

For my Chinese Tea Eggs recipe:

You will need the following ingredients:

4 eggs
2 cups water

Marinade:
2 black tea bags
1/4 + 1/8 cup soy sauce
2 cups water
2 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 tsp Chinese Five Spice
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar

How to Cook Chinese Tea Eggs?

First you want to soak your eggs in a small pot of room temperature water for 5 minutes. This prevents the egg shells from cracking when you boil them.

Then bring the pot to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Rinse and cool your eggs under cold water so they’re cool to touch.

Using the back of a spoon, lightly (and I mean lightly) crack the shells so they create a “web” pattern. If you crack it too hard the shell will break loose and all your soy sauce will seep inside. You will get that beautiful cracked pattern on your eggs.

Once you’ve cracked them, place them back into the pot.

To the pot, add all your marinade ingredients and lightly stir.

Bring this pot to a boil, then simmer over medium heat for 40 minutes covered.

Allow your eggs to cool. If you’re in a hurry or you’re impatient like me, spoon your eggs from the broth and rinse it under cold water to peel.

Peel carefully and enjoy!

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Chinese Tea Eggs

Chinese Tea Eggs. Salty, savoury hard boiled eggs soaked in a soy and tea based liquid flavoured with Chinese Five Spice. A delicious side to any meal.

Course dinner, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine Chinese

Keyword authentic chinese tea eggs, chinese and tea eggs, chinese tea eggs recipe, chinese tea eggs with 5 spice, recipe with tea eggs, the chinese tea eggs

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 55 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings 4 eggs

Author christieathome

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 2 cups water

Marinade:

• 2 black tea bags
• 1/4 + 1/8 cup soy sauce
• 2 cups water
• 2 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 tsp Chinese Five Spice
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar

Instructions

• First you want to soak your eggs in a small pot of room temperature water for 5 minutes. This prevents the egg shells from cracking when you boil them.
• Then bring the pot to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Rinse and cool your eggs under cold water so they’re cool to touch.
• Using the back of a spoon, lightly (and I mean lightly) crack the shells so they create a “web” pattern. If you crack it too hard the shell will break loose and all your soy sauce will seep inside. You will get that beautiful cracked pattern on your eggs.
• Once you’ve cracked them, place them back into the pot.
• To the pot, add all your marinade ingredients and lightly stir.
• Bring this pot to a boil, then simmer over medium heat for 40 minutes covered.
• Allow your eggs to cool. If you’re in a hurry or you’re impatient like me, spoon your eggs from the broth and rinse it under cold water to peel.
• Peel carefully and enjoy!

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