This recipe is so simple and yet so tasty! The humble hard boiled eggs become extrordinary when infused in delicious black tea and flavorful Five Spice Powder. It's amazing how the tea and spices brings out the flavor of the egg yolk. These eggs are a great on the go snack. Here's my version:

Chinese 5 Spice Tea Eggs

By Emily (Cooking for Kishore)

This is a great quick flavorful egg recipe, that's a great on the go snack or an addition to a meal.

Ingredients

• 6 Eggs
• 4 Cups Water
• 2 Tbsp Black Tea Leaves
• 1 Star Anise
• 1 Cinnamon Stick
• 1/2 tsp Chinese Five Spice Powder
• 1/2 Tbsp Salt

Instructions

1. Heat water in a pot with the eggs and bring to a boil, cook for 4-5 minutes. Turn off the heat and take the eggs out of the water and let them cool. once the eggs have cooled to the touch lightly tap and crack them but do not peel the shell.
2. In the same pot with water, add the tea leaves, star anise, cinnamon, Five Spice powder and salt, quickly bring to a boil and then turn off the heat.
3. Carefully add the eggs back into the spiced water, cover and let it sit for at least an hour and up to overnight in the fridge. Drain the liquid and then peel the eggs to enjoy!

Yield: 6 Servings
Prep Time: 1 mins. Cook time: 5 mins. Total time: 6 mins.
Tags: Chinese cuisine,Chinese Five Spice Tea Eggs Recipe,Tea Eggs Recipe,Five Spice Tea Eggs recipe,Five Spice Tea Eggs , Tea Eggs, vegetarian recipe

Nutrition

Calories: 71 per serving