Egg Dishes
Tea Egg
茶叶蛋
China
A Chinese snack of hard-boiled eggs cracked and simmered in tea, soy sauce, star anise and spices, giving the white a marbled, brown pattern.
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What it is
A closer look at Tea Egg.
A Chinese snack of hard-boiled eggs cracked and simmered in tea, soy sauce, star anise and spices, giving the white a marbled, brown pattern.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
An egg with a marbled brown-and-white pattern from the cracked shell, with a savoury, spiced, tea-infused flavour; sold from street carts and convenience stores.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Tea Egg.
China
Country-wide tradition
Names around the table
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