Taiwanese Tea Eggs

Tea Eggs are a recipe I learned from a Taiwanese friend. Basically these are standard hard boiled eggs, but when you remove the shell, the egg has a nice brown design on it, and picks up some of the tea flavor as well.

Make Hard Boiled Eggs

Then;

  1. Cool the eggs with cold water, enough to handle
  2. Crack the eggshells all over the eggs but do not remove the shells
  3. Place the eggs back in the hot water, along with two to four tea bags, preferably a black tea variety
  4. Add salt
  5. Bring the water back to a boil
  6. Turn off and cover the pot
  7. Let stand overnight.

Serving

Eat whole

Or, slice the eggs, arrange nicely on a plate

The eggs can be served with a sauce, such as japanese mayonnaise, or aged soy sauce, and a sprinking of wasabi is nice as well