Soy Sauce Tea Eggs

Boiled and steeped in a soy sauce + black tea liquid for maximum flavor! These are eaten as a snack, either hot or cold. It can also be added into ramen or your noodle soups!

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Soy Sauce Tea Eggs

Boiled and steeped in a soy sauce + black tea liquid for maximum flavor! These are eaten as a snack, either hot or cold. It can also be added into ramen or your noodle soups!

Course Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine Asian, Chinese

Keyword soy sauce eggs, soy sauce tea eggs

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour

Servings 6 eggs

Author Winnie Kison

Ingredients

• 6 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 2 cups water
• 1 black tea bag with 6 oz water

Instructions

• Prepare 6 oz of black tea with boiling water. Allow tea bar to seep for at least 10 minutes.
• Next, prepare eggs in a large pot of boiling water. Boil uncovered – 6 minutes for soft-boiled, 7 minutes for medium, 8 minutes for hard-boiled.
• Transfer eggs to a bowl of ice water to stop the egg from cooking further, leave it for 5 minutes. Remove from ice water and peel.
• In the same pan the eggs were boiled in, add the soy sauce tea marinade;  sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic, rice vinegar and tea. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 2 minutes. Turn off heat and transfer to a bowl. Add in eggs to sit for 1 hour before serving! 
• Slice in half and serve with sesame seeds and chives on top!