Marbled Tea Eggs

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

茶蛋

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hong Kong Diner

By Jeremy Pang

Published 2017

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Ingredients

60 g (2¼ oz/¼ cup) salt
12

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 (