Tea favored egg is one of my favorite snacks. It’s not easy to find places that sell them in Toronto. I’m planning to make it myself. This is a very simple recipe, ingredients can be found in most supermarkets. A tiny tweak, I make it with soft boiled eggs.
Ingredients:
10 Eggs
2 Cup Hot Water
4 Black Tea Bags (紅茶包)
1 Cup Cold Water
3 Anise (八角)
1 tsp Cinnamon Powder (玉桂粉)
40 g Rock Sugar (冰糖)
1 tbsp Dark Soya Sauce (老抽)
6 tbsp Light Soya Sauce (生抽)
1 tbsp Salt
Preparations:
1. Place the eggs in a large saucepan and cover them with cool tap water. Bring the water to boil. Remove the pot from heat once the water is boiled. Do not open the lid, let the eggs sit in the pot for 3 minutes.
2. Remove the eggs from the saucepan and immediately place them in running cold water until they are completely cool.
3. In a large bowl, add tea bags into hot water. Let it steep for 10 minutes.
4. In a small sauce pan, combine cold water, anise, cinnamon powder, rock sugar, dark soya sauce, light sauce and salt. Bring to a boil until rock sugar dissolved.
5. Mix tea and sauce mixture. Let cool.
6. Lightly crack each egg.
7. Add eggs and sauce mixture into a Ziploc bag. Closed tightly, try to remove as much air in the bag as possible.
8. Let it chill in the refrigerator overnight.
9. For best result, bath the egg into hot tea before serve.
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