One of my favorite dishes when i head back home.
Marble tea egg.
Tea eggs are a year round street food in china but their mysterious marbled pattern and spiced flavor can impress dinner guests abroad.
Chinese marbled tea eggs are almost too pretty to eat.
Marinate overnight for peeled eggs or 24 hours for cracked marble eggs.
They are simmered in a savory liquid with star anise cinnamon sticks sichuan peppercorns and black tea until soaked with the flavors of the spices and a refreshing tea fragrance.
Chinese tea eggs an authentic recipe.
If you plan to do so.
Normally the egg shells are cracked but not peeled before adding to the the flavoured liquid.
These chinese tea eggs last for 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator.
Eggs are braised with spices and chinese teas thus have a unique and strong tea flavor.
These characteristics develop during a long simmer in tea soy sauce and various chinese spices.
As a result the egg white becomes quite rubber like and the yolk becomes quite hard and dry.
When eaten the eggs bear a gentle flavor of the soaking liquid of black tea star anise cinnamon and in my version szechuan peppercorns chinese five spice brown sugar and dried orange peel.
Almost if they didn t make such a great afternoon snack with their subtle savory flavor and satisfyingly firm texture i might be tempted to just admire them from afar.
Chinese tea eggs are easy to make and are a fun upgrade to your usual lunchbox hard boiled eggs.
Recipe courtesy of mom.
Chinese tea egg is a famous chinese street food which is also known as marbled egg.
This will lead to a marble like pattern on the egg white when peeled.
This marbled tea egg recipe serves up eggs with a beautiful marbled surface.
Prep time 1 d.
Chinese tea eggs are hardboiled then the shells are gently cracked with a spoon to allow a soaking liquid of black tea and spices to seep inside and color the eggs where they are cracked.
You can store the leftover eggs in the marinade for 4 to 5 days in the fridge.
The tea egg marinating liquid if stored properly can be used more than once.
I eat these sliced in quarters and chilled as a side dish appetizer or snack.
Peel the eggs and enjoy them cold or at room temperature.
Tea egg is a typical chinese savory food commonly sold as a snack in which a boiled egg is cracked slightly and then boiled again in tea and sauce or spices it is also known as marble egg because cracks in the egg shell create darkened lines with marble like patterns commonly sold by street vendors or in night markets in most chinese communities throughout the world it is also commonly.
In addition egg yolks become less dry than the ones found in normal hard boil eggs.
It combines hard boiled eggs with the subtle flavor of anise and the deep brown hues of black tea and soy.
The cracked patterns from the broken shells make these quite attractive.
