The eggs with their golden color and design symbolize gold nuggets.
Marbled tea eggs.
While they are popular year round the are particularly traditional to eat during the chinese new year festivities.
In northern china you will find tea eggs or marbled eggs sold by street vendors and eaten as a common snack.
Symbolizing fertility and wealth they will be prominent on most menus.
How to make this marbled tea egg recipe step by step gently place the eggs in a medium pot and fill with water to cover the eggs by 1 inch.
Remove the eggs leaving the water in the pot and let cool under running cool water.
Making tea eggs is a two part process.
First you hard boil the eggs and then you crack the shells and simmer them in a marinade of tea soy sauce and spices.
Marbled tea eggs two versions 茶叶蛋 probably the best way to enjoy hard boiled eggs.
Eggs are braised with spices and chinese teas thus have a unique and strong tea flavor.
This not only gives the peeled eggs their lovely marbled look but also infuses them with a subtle savory flavor.
As a result the egg white becomes quite rubber like and the yolk becomes quite hard and dry.
Traditional tea eggs are usually heating on a stove and has been boiled for quite a long time possibly server hours.
Chinese tea eggs are packed with flavour and have a beautiful marble look.
They are easy to make filling the kitchen with exotic smells of star anise cinnamon black tea chinese five spice and orange peel.