Tea Smoked Eggs

Name: Tea Smoked Eggs
Ingredients: 8 eggs; 4 tablespoons salt; 4 tablespoons soy sauce; 4 whole star anise; 2 tablespoons loose tea, Hu-Kwa or 2 tablespoons earl gray tea

5 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

8 eggs
4 tablespoons salt
4 tablespoons soy sauce
4 whole star anise
2 tablespoons loose tea, Hu-Kwa or 2 tablespoons earl gray tea

Directions

1

Hard cook 8 eggs in 1 qt water for 10-15 minutes and cool in the same water for 10 more minutes.
2

Tap eggs until the whole shell is cracked. Return to pan and add the salt, soy sauce, star anise and tea leaves.
3

Heat eggs on low and simmer for 30 minutes. Stand for 4 hours until cooled and ready to use. Peel eggs carefully. The white part should be marbled with dark cracked lines with a smokey taste.
4

Serve quartered with toasted sesame seeds scattered over.