Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu

How to Making Recipes Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu using 15 ingredients and 6 steps

Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu - The tea eggs have a beautiful marbled surface. 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. Traditionally, tea eggs need to be cooked twice. One of my favorite dishes when I head back home; 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!

Black tea is usually preferred, but other teas could lend interesting flavors as well.

While the tea is brewing, feel free to toss in some Chinese five spice, a cinnamon stick, bay leaves, ginger, or any combination thereof.

You can have Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu

1. You need 8 eggs.
2. It's 1 pack hard tofu.
3. You need 1 tsp peppercorn.
4. You need 1 tbsp sichuan peppers.
5. Prepare 25 g cubed rock sugar.
6. It's 2 slices crushed ginger.
7. It's 10 g cinnamon.
8. Prepare 4 star anise.
9. You need 4 bay leaves.
10. It's 4-5 black tea bags.
11. You need 80 ml dark soy sauce.
12. You need 40 ml soy sauce.
13. Prepare 1 tbsp salt.
14. You need 30 g rice wine/cooking wine.
15. It's 1 liter water.

Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu instructions

1. Boil the eggs (medium heat) for about 5 minutes. Cool it down with cold water, let it sit while preparing the pot of marinade.
2. Put everything into the 1 litre of water aside from the cooking wine, eggs, & tofu. If you have a bag to put everything to cook, it will be easier to remove all the spices. Cook for 15 minutes over medium heat.
3. Using a spoon, make crack patterns to the shells of the eggs so that when you peel it later, it has pretty zigzag patterns and the marinade absorbs nicely into the eggs. Cut up the tofu into small strips or pieces to also be soaked in the marinade..
4. Remove all the spices from the marinade, put the eggs and tofu into the pot of marinade and cook with the tea bags for about 10 minutes..
5. Remove the tea bags and turn off the heat. Add in the cooking wine and stir to have it blended. The eggs & tofu should sit in the marinade for at least 6 hours before it is ready to be served..
6. Recommend peeling the egg shells after 6 hours. I prefer enjoying the marinated eggs & tofu cold. Some people like to reheat the bowl before serving. Enjoy!.

Black Tea Marinated Eggs & Tofu - I was looking to emulate the method that the Japanese use to boil eggs for ramen. The cooking method is pretty ingenious, as these eggs turn out flavorful yet soft in the middle. I decided to borrow the technique and did a little daring revamp on traditional Chinese tea eggs. Chinese tea eggs, traditionally served during Chinese New Year celebrations, are easy to make. Simply prepare some boiled eggs and steep them in tea marinade. After a few hours, you can enjoy the flavourful and tasty eggs for tea time. Chinese Tea Eggs Cooked in a flavorful marinade of soy sauce, star anise, and cinnamon, these tea-stained eggs are a Lunar New Year staple and a favorite everyday snack in China. Thank you and good luck