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Tea Eggs

Tea Eggs — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Total 01:30
Yield 3

Ingredients

  • 6 chicken eggs
  • 4 cups water
  • 3 tbsp Jasmine green tea leaves
  • ¼ tbsp dark soy sauce
  • ½ tsp minced ginger
  • ½ tsp minced garlic

Instructions

  1. 1
    Bring water and spices to a boil.
  2. 2
    Add eggs, and boil for 3 minutes.
  3. 3
    Remove eggs from the liquid and roll them gently on a hard surface to crack the shell all over.
  4. 4
    Return the eggs to the pot of liquid, reduce to a simmer, and simmer for 1 hour.
  5. 5
    Reduce to low heat and allow eggs to sit in brine until served.
Category
Beverages

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