Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs With Recipe!!!

If you know me well then you must know how much I love eggs! I love trying all different kinds of recipes that use eggs and this one may just top them all...Chinese marbled tea eggs!!! I referenced Jaden Hair's awesome recipe from here site Steamy Kitchen! ^-^

Here is what you will need:

-6 eggs

-3/4 cup soy sauce

-2 black tea bags (I used Red Rose)

-1 or 2 small cinnamon sticks
-2 star anise

-1 tsp. sugar

-2 strips dired orange peel*

*In order to dry your own orange peels, you have to carefully peel the orange, making sure that you only peel the skin. Hang it in your kitchen and allow it to dry for a few days and voila! :)

First, boil the eggs for about 15-20 minutes and then run them under cold water. Using the back of a spoon, carefully crack the shell just enough so that you still keep it intact. The more intricate the design, the more flavorful the egg!

Add the eggs back into the water that you boiled them in along with all of the other ingredients. Bring the water to a boil and then immediatly turn it down to low.



Put the lid on the pot and simmer for 40 minutes. Then leave everything in the spot to steep overnight...be patient!!! :P



The next morning, carefully strain out the eggs and throw away everything else!



Above is what the excess ingredients will look like :P



Look how cool the shells look! xD

And they're done!!! They look as awesome as they taste...BELIEVE ME! :D

You can eat them as they are or even put them into miso or ramen (like above)!!! The possibilities are endless! ^-^