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Taiwanese-style Marinated Boiled Egg - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Taiwanese-style Marinated Boiled Egg.
This is a recipe for Taiwanese soul food, Tea Eggs, the boiled eggs simmered with spices. The characteristic is the unique pattern on the surface of the egg, due to the boiling with the shell on. Since it is cooked with cooking sake, sugar, and some similar seasonings, you can enjoy a refreshing yet rich taste. Please use your favorite tea leaves such as black tea, oolong tea, jasmine tea, or pu-erh tea, etc.
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Cook time

420 minutes

Ingredients
7 pieces

  • Boiled egg
    7
  • 漬け込み用
  • Water
    300 ml
  • Soy sauce
    80 ml
  • Sugar
    30 g
  • Shaoxing rice wine
    1 tbsp
  • Oyster sauce
    2 tsp
  • Black tea
    3
  • Star anise
    2
  • Cinnamon sticks
    1
  • Laurier
    2 sheets
  • Japanese pepper (sansho)
    1 tsp

How to make

  1. 1. Lightly tap boiled eggs with the back of a spoon to make a crack in the front.
  2. 2. Add marinade ingredients to a pot and bring to a boil over high heat. When the sugar has dissolved and the tea leaves have opened, add Step 1 and cook for 20 minutes over low heat.
  3. 3. Remove from heat and rest it. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and marinate in the refrigerator for about 6 hours.
  4. 4. Plate it and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

Please adjust the amount and type of spices to your taste. If the tea bag shows up from the pot, it may catch fire if you're using a gas fire, so please be careful.

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