Tea eggs, the famous Chinese snack, one of China's traditional food, most parts of the country have the snack. Is the cooking process to add tea a flavored boiled eggs, because of its simple practice, easy to carry, more in the station, the end of the street, tourists and pedestrians more places such as places to set small pots now cooking now selling, good value for money. Can do meals, leisure time can be a snack, practical and fun both. Because tea has the function of refreshing the brain, so add a little tea in the process of boiling, boiled out of the egg will be brown in color.
Home made tea eggs
Main ingredient: eggs
Accessories: star anise, cinnamon, peppercorns, sesame seeds, tea, five spice powder, salt, soy sauce, sugar, chicken essence
1. Eggs cleaned, put into a pot, the water must be no more than the eggs, medium heat to cook the eggs (because the fire is easy to make the eggs cracked).
2. When the eggs boil, immediately reduce the heat to low and continue to cook for 2 minutes, then turn off the heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes. (Can not cook too long, otherwise the eggs will be old)
3. After simmering, pour off the hot water, pour out the eggs and rinse the eggs with cold water.
4. rushed to the hand can bear the temperature of the egg immediately began to crack the egg, be sure to crack while hot.
5. Re-add water, add seasonings: star anise, cinnamon, pepper, sesame leaves
6. Add half a bowl of soy sauce, half a bowl of sugar,
7. Add five spoons of salt, add five spice powder
8. Boil with high heat and then adjusted to medium heat, turn the eggs, add chicken broth, and then cook with low heat for 15 minutes. (Because this time there are many eggs, soup is easy to overflow, so small fire cooking when the lid is slightly open)
9. Do not need to turn off the fire, turn the eggs, the bottom of the eggs to the top of the clip, so that the top and bottom of the even more flavorful, turn it over and continue to cook for 15 minutes over low heat.
10. Turn off the fire after at least one hour to eat, the back of the egg is the longer the more delicious, because soaked in the soup more and more time. Before eating, it is best to cook again, boil on the line.