Generally speaking, to make tea eggs, you can't directly put the whole egg into the pot to cook. You need to cook the egg first, and then break the shell of the egg. After that, the eggs will be stewed in the marinade with the sauce. Stewed eggs will not only have the flavor of seasoning, but also leave beautiful brown texture on the surface of eggs after cracking.
Tip 1: Boil the eggs first.
Just before boiling the tea eggs, you need to wash the eggs, then put them in a pot and pour in a proper amount of water, which hardly touches the surface of the eggs. At first, you need to boil water with high fire, and then turn to medium heat for about 5 minutes.
However, the boiled eggs should be fished out quickly, and then washed with clear water immediately. After the egg cools down, you can tap it gently in a hard place. Almost all eggshells of eggs are broken, and it is better to have dense cracks.
Tip 2: Make seasoning packets.
Prepare a big gauze for the child, and wrap tea, pepper, fragrant leaves, cinnamon, soy sauce and sugar. After that, put the processed eggs into the pot and add the water that can't pass the eggs. Don't forget the tea bags prepared in advance, put them in the pot together, and then you can start stewing.
Tip 3: stew for a long time
After the fire boils, you can pour in the right amount of soy sauce and salt. However, it should be noted that the fire should be boiled at first, and after the water is boiled, it can be changed to medium and small fire to continue stewing 10 minutes or so. After that, you don't have to worry about opening the lid. It takes about 4 hours to stew, so that the sauce can be marinated well.