Tea eggs is a lot of people like to eat a kind of food, now popular stalls, tea eggs in the street is everywhere. But some are very tasty, there are some in vain, the flavor is very general, and even some people use the wrong tea. So cook tea eggs with black tea or green tea? The following will give you a detailed description, and then the secret recipe to tell you, after doing a good job savory flavor, good-looking and delicious.
First of all, say with black tea or green tea?
Black tea belongs to the fully fermented tea, the process is complex, but the tea aroma is strong, the tea color is darker, and the taste is mellow. While green tea belongs to unfermented tea, the process is relatively simple, characterized by light tea color, light tea aroma and fresh taste. So cook tea eggs, it is best to use black tea, cooked out of the color is beautiful, the taste is also more delicious, this point should be borne in mind.
Next, share a secret recipe for spices.
5 grams of star anise, 5 grams of peppercorns, 3 grams of dried chili peppers, 3 grams of cinnamon, 2 grams of allspice, and 2 grams of cumin. Do not need how complex ingredients, these 6 kinds are enough to use. In addition in also need of black tea leaves 25 grams, 15 grams of dark soy sauce, 15 grams of soy sauce, 10 grams of rock sugar, 10 grams of salt. Put in more salt so it's easy to flavor. These can probably boil 15-25 tea eggs.
Finally, a few specifics and tips.
Clean the eggs, put them in a pot of cold water, and boil them for about 12-15 minutes. Then fish it out and put it in cool water to cool down, this is easy to peel the shell. Some people often cook the eggs directly through the shell, resulting in egg white flow out. In fact, you can use a steamer, steam under water for 10-12 minutes can be, to ensure that the shell will not be broken.
Get another pot, pour in the right amount of water, put in the spices and black tea leaves, turn on high heat and boil for 10 minutes. Add the soy sauce, soy sauce, rock sugar and salt, and continue to cook for about 5 minutes before turning off the heat. Then crack the skin of the eggs and put them into the pot to simmer for 2 hours or more. Or just peel the shells clean and put them in to soak.?
It is important to note here that making tea eggs is completely different from brining meat, the broth for tea eggs only needs to be boiled for ten minutes. And it is flavored by soaking, not simmering. Boiled for a long time, the tea eggs will not be tender, the egg white will be older and harder, not easy to be flavored, the texture is not delicious.?
Well, the tips and tricks about cooking tea leaves are introduced, remember to use black tea, and the above recipe to remember. In addition, the eggs are steeped to taste, if there is enough time, you can soak overnight, so that the color is more beautiful, salty and flavorful, nice and tasty.