Marbled Tea Eggs

Name: Marbled Tea Eggs (茶蛋)
Yield: Makes 12
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons jasmine tea leaves; ½ teaspoon salt; 4 spring onions (scallions); 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; zest of 1 tangerine; 2 star anise; 1 litre (1¾ pints/4 cups) water; 60 g (2¼ oz/¼ cup) salt; ½ a thumb-size piece of ginger; 12 fresh eggs, at room temperature; 1 small cinnamon stick; 6 tablespoons dark soy sauce

茶蛋

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hong Kong Diner

By Jeremy Pang

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

60 g (2¼ oz/¼ cup) salt
12

Asia
Hong Kong (China)
Side dish
Snack
Street Food
Vegetarian

Method

Put all the marbling marinade ingredients into a small saucepan and bring to the boil, then boil for 10 minutes to deepen the colour and steep the tea. Set aside and allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and place in the fridge to chill.

Pour 2 litres (