Soy Sauce Eggs. Soft boiled eggs marinated in a Chinese Five Spice soy vinegar broth. So delicious and easy to make at home. Great as a side dish or snack!
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What are Soy Sauce Eggs?
Soy Sauce Eggs are a delicious soft boiled egg (or hard boiled egg) marinated in a savory broth made of soy sauce, vinegar, Chinese five spice, water and sugar. The combination of this broth really elevates an egg to the next level. The white exterior is salty but the interior yolk is creamy - perfectly balancing the saltiness of the egg.
These tasty salty eggs serve well as a snack, side dish or a topping to ramen noodles or on top of white rice. I love enjoying these on their own as they're packed with flavorful and are so filling. Sometimes I even enjoy preparing a batch for these for meal prep so I can easily whip them out to enjoy as a busy weeknight meal. These are super quick, easy and simple to make at home with minimal ingredients. If you enjoy eggs, you must try these!
Ingredients
Please scroll down to below recipe card for exact measurements.
Note: Your Asian grocery store will carry most of the Asian specific ingredients.
- Eggs: for vibrant yellow yolks, opt for eggs with Omega 3's!
Egg Marinade
- Regular soy sauce: or substitute with low sodium soy sauce or light soy sauce. If you’re gluten-free, substitute with tamari sauce, coconut aminos or a gluten-free soy sauce of your choice.
- Cold water
- Rice vinegar: or substitute with white vinegar
- Chinese Five Spice
- White granulated sugar: or substitute with honey, brown sugar or cane sugar.
How to make Soy Sauce Eggs
Bring Cold Eggs to Room Temperature
Bring your eggs to room temperature by soaking them in warm water for 5 mins. Then in a pot of hot boiling water, gently lower your eggs one by one. Boil them for 6 minutes over high heat for soft-boiled eggs. For hard boiled eggs, boil them for 10 minutes.
Cool Eggs in Ice Bath
In the meantime, prepare an ice bath for your eggs. Once the eggs are cooked, remove and transfer to ice bath.
Crack & Peel Eggs
Carefully crack and peel your eggs. Place them in a small resealable container.
Create Egg Marinade
In a small bowl, whisk together your marinade ingredients in a small pot. Bring it to boil and then simmer for 5 minutes uncovered. Allow this broth to cool down until it's cool to touch to prevent your eggs from cooking further.
Cool & Pour Broth Over Eggs
Pour the cool broth over your eggs.
Marinate in the Fridge
Seal and store in the fridge to marinate for 6 hours for best flavour.
Slice & Serve
When ready to serve, slice them in half and enjoy! You can also reuse the marinade for another batch.
Storage
This soy sauce eggs will last up to 4 days stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
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📖 Recipe
Easy Simple Soy Sauce Eggs
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
Marinade
- 6 tablespoon regular soy sauce
- 2 cups water
- ½ teaspoon Chinese Five Spice
- 1 tablespoon white granulated sugar
- ½ tablespoon rice vinegar
Instructions
- Bring your eggs to room temperature by running them under warm water. Then in a pot of hot boiling water, gently lower your eggs one by one.
- Boil them for 6 minutes over high heat for soft-boiled eggs. For hard boiled eggs, boil them for 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, prepare an ice bath for your eggs. Once the eggs are cooked, remove and transfer to ice bath. Crack and peel your eggs. Place them in a small resealable container.
- In a small bowl, whisk together your marinade ingredients in a small pot. Bring it to boil and then simmer for 5 minutes uncovered. Allow this broth to cool down until it's cool to touch to prevent your eggs from cooking further.
- Pour the cool broth over your eggs. Seal and store in the fridge to marinate for 6 hours for best flavour.
- When ready to serve, slice them in half and enjoy! Note: You can also use the leftover broth to make more eggs.
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Michelle | Sift & Simmer
These soy sauce eggs look so savoury and yummy!
Heidi | The Frugal Girls
This is such a fabulous 5 ingredient recipe, perfect for a frugal Meatless Monday dinner... and the real star of this dish are those amazing Conestoga Farms eggs. Using quality eggs in a dish like this makes all the difference in the world!
Rosemary
Oooo I want to make some ramen noodle soup now!!
Daniel
Why is there 2 separate amounts of soy sauce? It says to dial everything together so it makes no sense unless there is an instruction missing somewhere
christieathome
If I'm understanding your question correctly, you're simply adding 1/4 cup with 2 tbsp (or 1/8 cup) soy sauce. This is to ensure the exact measurement of soy sauce used.
Jorge Goto
Pode dar maiores detalhes das 5 especiarias chinesas?