New take on hard boiled eggs

Tired of plain old hard boiled eggs? Try these tea eggs! They may require some more work, but are well worth it!




6 medium to large eggs
2 tea bags of earl grey tea
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons sugar
4 pieces star anise
1 pinch of pepper

1. Put eggs in a medium-sized pot with enough water to cover the eggs.
2. Bring water to boil, then lower heat to simmer for 4 minutes.
3. Remove eggs from heat and allow them to cool(you can put them in an ice bath to speed this up.
4. Take the back of a knife or spoon and crack eggs evenly all around.
5. Return eggs to the pot and add the rest of the ingredients.
6. Bring liquid to boil again, then simmer on very low heat for 1 to 4 hours(longer = more color/flavor), adding water if level gets too low.
7. Remove from heat, cool, peel shells an WA-LA!

Edited by fire34fighter 2009-08-10 7:15 PM