Ice crackled tea eggs

Overview

Why should we eat eggs in the Beginning of Summer? One theory is that the ancients believed that round eggs symbolize a happy life, and eating eggs at the beginning of summer can pray for peace in the summer. Eating eggs in the Beginning of Summer will keep summer warm in hot weather. Many places have the custom of eating eggs in the Beginning of Summer. It is said that eating eggs in the Beginning of Summer can prevent common summer symptoms such as loss of appetite, body fatigue, limb weakness, and weight loss. Another way of saying it: Eating in the Beginning of Summer is the most nourishing. Eating an egg is equivalent to eating a chicken. After the beginning of summer, farming becomes busy and people get tired easily. Eating red dates and eggs is to replenish physical strength. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eggs are neutral in nature, can replenish qi deficiency, and have the function of calming the mind and nourishing the heart. Eating eggs when sick can help restore physical strength. In the past, when living conditions were not good, it was difficult to eat red dates and eggs. Eating a Beginning of Summer egg was not only a reward before hard work, but also a hope for peace and a good harvest. Since eggs do not harm the spleen and stomach, they are suitable for most people. Therefore, even people with chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, eating eggs in the beginning of summer is beneficial to health.

Tags

• creative dishes
• breakfast
• dahongpao
• egg
• old soy sauce
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Boil the eggs first, about 7 or 8 minutes. Add a little salt when boiling eggs to help the egg whites coagulate.

   

2. 2 After the eggs are cooked, take them out and immerse them in a basin of cold water. Use the back of a spoon to gently tap out the cracks. Be gentle

   

3. 3 Take another pot of clean water and add a small bowl of Hongpao. You can use soaked tea leaves to make it. I don't have it at the moment, so I use ready-made tea leaves to make it.

   

4. 4 Add a spoonful of dark soy sauce to adjust the flavor, and add an appropriate amount of salt. I made original tea eggs. If you want five-flavored, you can add spices such as cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns, etc. at this step.

   

5. 5 Cook for 20 minutes, turn off the heat

   

6. 6 Soak the boiled tea eggs for at least two hours, preferably overnight, for a deeper flavor. Opened, there are beautiful ice cracks.

   

7. 7 Finished product

   

8. 8 Finished product