Authentic tea eggs
Ingredients
- Eggs 16
- Star anise 3 pcs
- Fragrance leaves 5 pieces
- Zanthoxylum bungeanum 1 handful
- Tea 1 pack
- Salt 3 spoons
- Sugar 5 spoons
- Cooking wine 5 spoons
- Ginger 4 slices
- Light soy sauce 8 spoons
- Oyster sauce 8 spoons
Steps
1. Buy eggs.
2. Rinse in water.
3. Prepare star anise, bay leaves and Sichuan peppercorns.
4. Pour 1 basin of water into the pot and add the above spices.
5. Add 8 tablespoons of oyster sauce.
6. Pour in 8 spoons of light soy sauce.
7. Slice the ginger and add it.
8. Add 5 spoons of cooking wine.
9. Add 3 spoons of salt and 5 spoons of sugar.
10. Take a spoon and gently hit the egg (choose the end with the larger head to hit). When you hear a cracking sound, put it into the pot. Don't use too much force, otherwise the eggs will crack too much and the egg liquid will come out during cooking.
11. Process all the eggs and put them into the pot.
12. Finally pour in a bag of tea leaves.
13. Boil the eggs slowly over medium-low heat. After boiling for 10 minutes, turn off the heat.
14. After cooking, let it sit for an afternoon and then you can eat it.
15. Put it in a bowl and let the soup run out and put it in the refrigerator. It will be more delicious the next day.
16. Tea eggs.
