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Five-Spice Tea Egg
Iconic marbled tea eggs: hard-boiled eggs cracked and simmered in a fragrant brew of black tea, star anise and five-spice, then soaked overnight for deep savory flavor.
Instructions
- 1
Wash the eggshell clean.
- 2
Boil with water until cooked.
- 3
Prepare the spices and rinse them.
- 4
Add water to the pot, put in all the spices and seasonings, and bring to a boil.
- 5
Crack the shell of the boiled egg.
- 6
Put the egg into the marinade and cook for 5 minutes.
- 7
Add the black tea leaves and turn off the heat.
- 8
Soak the eggs in the marinade overnight for more flavor and a more pronounced color.
- 9
Fragrant tea eggs.
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Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- Egg4 piece
- Quail egg16 piece
- Black tea leavesto taste
- Fennelto taste
- Thirteen Spicesto taste
Seasonings
- Star aniseto taste
- Cinnamonto taste
- Bay leafto taste
- light soy sauceto taste
- dark soy sauceto taste
- Saltto taste
- Dried chilito taste
- Sichuan pepperto taste