Tea Eggs Recipe


On a recent trip to South Africa I picked up a copy of the February issue of Fair Lady, a South African Women’s magazine. My favorite feature of the magazine was a regular column by food editor Nikki Wener. Entitled Kitchen Secrets, the column focuses on a different South African home kitchen each month to tell the story of a family’s prized recipes.

The February 2008 issue featured the story of a Taiwanese family living in South Africa and the ways they work to keep their heritage alive. Together they practice the Tawainese tea ceremony and cook up delicious accompanying fare. Within this article I found a very fun recipe for Tea Eggs. These Tea Eggs are delicious and unique. Best yet, they take little effort to make.

While the recipe below is for a dozen eggs, I split the ingredients by about half to make just six. I’ve supplied approximate American conversions in parentheses for the metric quantities the recipe calls for.

Recipe for Tea Eggs:

Ingredients:

  • 12 Eggs
  • 2 Liters Water (approx. 8 cups)
  • 10 Chinese Oolong Tea Leaves
  • 3 Star Anise
  • 35ml Soy Sauce (2 TBSP & 1 TSP)
  • 10gram Salt (approx 2 TSP)

Mix all the ingredients together and bring to a boil for 15 minutes. Next use a teaspoon to crack the eggs, leaving th shell in place. Place eggs back to simmer for another 45 minutes. The flavor enters the eggs through the cracks. Serve hot or cold.



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Desks
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August 5, 2008 at 3:26 pm

Sounds interesting, might give this a whirl when I get in tonight.

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food
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August 6, 2008 at 3:09 am

Thanks for the great article. Did the article tells you which kind of soy sauce to put on the egg?There are at least 20 different types of soysauce.

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Daniel Jensen
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August 15, 2008 at 8:04 pm

ok, tried this and it didnt work out so well. I guess i will try again. Thank you.

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turbo HD
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September 1, 2008 at 2:01 am

i tried it. it didnt seem to work. maybe i didnt have enough cracks in the eggs.

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Written by:
abyss
Posted on:
September 1, 2008 at 6:52 am

I tried it. I think this receipe needs a delicate touch because the eggs gave way and mixed in the water.

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blu ray player
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September 24, 2008 at 8:28 pm

I also tried it and it didnnt come out the way I visualized it. I am going to try and alter a recipe a bit.

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Written by:
unnamed
Posted on:
October 2, 2008 at 7:23 am

tea eggs? that’s new. whats the taste?

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sesli sohbet
Posted on:
October 5, 2008 at 11:48 pm

Thanks for the great article. Did the article tells you which kind of soy sauce to put on the egg?There are at least 20 different types of soysauce.

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maksiforum
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October 6, 2008 at 12:36 pm

Thanks for the great article. Did the article tells you which kind of soy sauce to put on the egg?There are at least 20 different types of soysauce.

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Written by:
Kenneth
Posted on:
October 14, 2008 at 4:39 am

I’ve let my wife cook me for this and it came out so great.. Thanks!

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Wicked Aliens
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October 15, 2008 at 12:04 pm

Going to try this tonight. Thanks

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Circuit Breakers
Posted on:
October 16, 2008 at 7:02 pm

Looks so healthy and yummy! :) hehehe..

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seks hikaye
Posted on:
October 26, 2008 at 9:37 pm

I think this receipe needs a delicate touch because the eggs gave way and mixed in the water.

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hotreviews
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November 2, 2008 at 10:06 am

I have bookmarked it in my fav…thx

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Written by:
Børnetøj
Posted on:
November 6, 2008 at 2:23 pm

Nice recipe!

i’m looking foreward to get home from work to taste it!

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Ameda
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November 8, 2008 at 8:59 am

Thanks for the great article. Did the article tells you which kind of soy sauce to put on the egg?There are at least 20 different types of soysauce.

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Written by:
furniture
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November 11, 2008 at 8:46 am

Thank’s for your good recipe. It’s very great

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Fizber
Posted on:
November 25, 2008 at 9:49 am

It tastes delicious althought I would add some tea leaves

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Dj Toronto
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December 1, 2008 at 3:35 pm

My sister always experiment with the latest recipes, lets see what she will tell about this one.

I hope I will not be the victim. Lollzz

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Colon xR
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January 24, 2009 at 6:51 am

Great recipe. I tried it with normal american crappy soy sauce and it was great. Next time I go by a asian grocery store ill pick up the proper kind and see how it is. Thanks

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Written by:
weight loss
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January 29, 2009 at 8:55 am

Good article i will try it

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chrislittle09
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February 7, 2009 at 8:09 am

Thanks for a very good article it is really nice..:)

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rosemarschall09
Posted on:
February 7, 2009 at 8:11 am

I will try this one today..love it..

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Written by:
Gospel Singer
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February 12, 2009 at 1:26 pm

Nice recepie. I would like to try.

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Jackie Simpson
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February 18, 2009 at 12:45 am

Good stuff! I’ll definately be visiting again. Nice work.

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medikamente kaufen
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February 18, 2009 at 1:52 pm

Nice recipe! I tried it, but it tasted not as good as I hoped for.

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Tomorrow's Date
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February 23, 2009 at 8:18 am

Nice recipe can you post some veg recipe?

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Written by:
realturk
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February 23, 2009 at 4:14 pm

ok, tried this and it didn’t work out so well. I guess i will try again. Thank you…

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Written by:
radyo dinle
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March 1, 2009 at 9:01 am

Thanks for the great article. Did the article tells you which kind of soy sauce to put on the egg?There are at least 20 different types of soysauce.

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Written by:
Alex Lage
Posted on:
March 1, 2009 at 9:50 pm

Good info here. I’ll be checking back frequently, thanks!

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Written by:
Matt Roberts
Posted on:
March 2, 2009 at 1:52 am

You really seem like you know what you’re talking about. Good stuff, keep it up!

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Written by:
mike costoev
Posted on:
March 9, 2009 at 6:05 am

i wonder what it would taste like. but im definitely giving it a try.

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Written by:
Learn Master Guitar
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June 26, 2009 at 5:22 am

My best friend lives in South Africa. She has never heard of ‘tea eggs’… but we both will try your recipe - thanks a lot for sharing, I love to try out new recipes!