Tea Eggs

Ingredients

• 8 eggs
• 1 tbsp black tea
• 2 cinnamon sticks (broken into pieces)
• 3 star anise
• 1 tsp coarse salt
• 120 ml dark soy sauce
• 0.5 tsp five-spice mix
• 2 tbsp roasted sesame seeds
• 2 tbsp crystal salt

Instructions

1. 1.

   Cover the eggs in a pot with cold water, bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain the eggs, shock them in ice water, and gently tap on a work surface to crack the shell all around.

2. 2.

   Return the eggs to the pot and add the tea, cinnamon stick, star anise, coarse salt, soy sauce, and 1 l of water. Bring to a boil and simmer covered for 1 hour.

3. 3.

   Crush the crystal salt slightly in a mortar, add sesame seeds and spice powder, mix well. Peel the eggs and arrange on small plates with the seasoning mixture.