chinese tea leaf eggs

Chinese tea leaf eggs

My friends and I are going to open a small stall during our entrepreneur week. When all of discussing what to sell, my Chinese buddies suggest me herbal eggs. They say it is very easy to make and we can gain high profit by selling it. I got saw people selling these herbal eggs in night markets before this but i never had tried one before this because of it's dark color. I love eggs a lot especially boiled eggs. When they told more about these eggs , i feel wanna try it.

These tea leaf eggs are Chinese's favourite traditional street snack.It is also known as marble egg because cracks in the egg shell created a marble-like patterns.Although it is originated from China, it is commonly served in Asian restaurants.  





These eggs are really easy to make..now let me tell you how to prepare these eggs...

STEP 1: Prepare the ingredients

• eggs ( you should put only one layer of eggs in the saucepan
• 2 black tea leaf bags
• 2 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 cloves
• 1 tsp five spice powder
• 1 tsb sugar
• 4 tsb soy sauce
• water 

STEP 2: Preparation of eggs

Boil the eggs for 2 minutes in the saucepan and then cover it for sometime (approximately about 6 minutes). 

Let the shells get hard. After that slightly tap on eggs shells gently using back of spoon.This will allow the herbs to seep thorough the eggs.

STEP 3: Preparation of herbal eggs.

Put the eggs in a slow cooker, then put all the ingredients into it. start boiling it. After boiled, simmer it down for two hours. The flavour and color will be very good if you marinate it overnight.( The more hour you let it be, the more tastier it will be).

STEP 4: Serving 
After that crack the eggs shells.you can get a beautiful marble shape. Then serve it to your family or friends.(you can also serve it with broth).