Chinese Soy Sauce Egg Recipe: Glossy Eggs with a Rich Flavor!
Bored of eating the same bland eggs every day? This egg recipe will add some nice color and flavor to your daily meals. Another good thing about this recipe is you need to use no oil. So, these eggs will be much healthier than eggs made with oil.
Let me show you the Chinese soy sauce egg recipe. Eggs made this way are very fragrant and flavorful. The only catch is you need to wait for some time to get the eggs ready. The detailed recipe is given below.
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Recipe Overview
The overview chart contains essential information about the recipe, such as the preparation time, serving size, calorie count, etc.
| Course: Side dish | Cuisine: Chinese | Difficulty: Easy | ||
| Total Time: 8 hours 10 minutes | ||||
| Serving | Preparation Time | Cooking Time | Calories | |
| 6 persons | 8 hours | 10 minutes | 94 kcal | |
Ingredients Needed for the Recipe
Here are the ingredients you need to make these delicious eggs. Adjust the amount of the ingredients based on how many eggs you are making.
- Egg: 6 pcs
- Garlic: 1 tbsp, minced
- Chili: 1 tsp, chopped
- Sugar: 1 tsp
- Sesame Seed: 1 tsp
- Scallion: 1 tbsp, chopped
- Coriander: 1 tsp, chopped
- Light Soy Sauce: 150ml
Chinese Soy Sauce Egg Recipe: Step-By-Step Instructions
The steps of making soy sauce egg are so simple that you will want to make it over and over again. Follow the steps below.
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Step 1: Boil the Eggs
Take water in a pot and let the water boil. Put 6 eggs in the boiling water and start the timer for 6 minutes. After the timer goes off, take the eggs out of the boiling water.
Step 2: Cool the Eggs and Peel Them
Put the boiled eggs into an ice bath to cool them down. Once the eggs are cooled, crack the shells and peel the eggs.
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Step 3: Prepare the Sauce
Chop the garlic, chili, scallion, and coriander first. Take the chopped garlic, chili, scallion, and coriander in a bowl. Add sugar, sesame seeds, and 150ml light soy sauce to the bowl. Also, mix 150ml water with the sauce and mix well.
Step 4: Soak the Eggs in the Sauce
Take the peeled eggs in a deep box. Pour the sauce you prepared over the eggs so that the sauce covers the most part of the eggs. Cover the box and put it in the refrigerator for one night or at least 8 hours.
After 8 hours, soft-boiled and spicy soy sauce egg is ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts of the Recipe
Soy sauce egg contains only 94 calories per serving. It also has other essential nutrients. You will find its nutritional values below.
- Total Carbohydrates: 4.2g
- Protein: 7g
- Total Fat: 5.4g
- Saturated Fat: 1.6g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.7g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.1g
- Total Dietary Fiber: 0.8g
- Total Sugar: 2.7g
- Cholesterol: 187mg
- Sodium: 1083mg
- Potassium: 106.4mg
- Calcium: 42mg
- Iron: 0.9mg
- Vitamin D: 1.1mcg
Do’s and Don’ts of the Recipe
I learned these tips from my grandmother that make the recipe better. You can follow them too.
Do’s
- Soak the eggs for at least 8 hours. If you can soak them for longer, they will absorb more flavor and have a darker color.
- You can use Sichuan peppercorns in the sauce if you want the eggs to be spicier.
Don’ts
- Don’t boil the eggs for more than 6 minutes if you want the center to be oozing out.
- Don’t put any extra salt in the sauce. There is enough soy sauce to balance the saltiness.
Chinese Soy Sauce Egg Recipe
Ingredients
Method
- Take water in a pot and let the water boil. Put 6 eggs in the boiling water and start the timer for 6 minutes. After the timer goes off, take the eggs out of the boiling water.
- Put the boiled eggs into an ice bath to cool them down. Once the eggs are cooled, crack the shells and peel the eggs.
- Chop the garlic, chili, scallion, and coriander first. Take the chopped garlic, chili, scallion, and coriander in a bowl. Add sugar, sesame seeds, and 150ml light soy sauce to the bowl. Also, mix 150ml water with the sauce and mix well.
- Take the peeled eggs in a deep box. Pour the sauce you prepared over the eggs so that the sauce covers the most part of the eggs. Cover the box and put it in the refrigerator for one night or at least 8 hours.
- After 8 hours, soft-boiled and spicy soy sauce egg is ready to serve.
FAQs
Besides the recipe, you should be aware of the answers to some common questions. Here you go.
Can I make soy sauce egg with any eggs?
Yes. You can make this recipe using chicken eggs, duck eggs, quail eggs, or any other eggs you want. If you want to use ostrich eggs or other large eggs, you will need huge pots, lol!
Do I need to cook the eggs in the soy sauce?
No. You don’t need to cook the eggs in the soy sauce. Soaking the eggs overnight in the soy sauce mixed with the spices is enough.
Can I use soy sauce eggs for other recipes?
Of course. You can eat the soy sauce eggs directly or put them in other recipes. For example, you can cut the soy sauce eggs into halves and eat them with ramen.
Why do I need to put boiled eggs in a cold bath?
After you remove the eggs from boiling water, they still keep cooking due to the residual heat. If you don’t put them in cold water, the yolk will become harder and you can’t enjoy soft-boiled eggs.
Conclusion
The color of the eggs made in this recipe is so unique and lovely that you will be lured to try their taste. The lusty appearance and rich flavor of these eggs will make you fall in love with Chinese soy sauce eggs.
I wanted to share the Chinse soy sauce egg recipe with you so that you can make them at home and enjoy them with your family. Read the steps carefully and follow my secret tips to make delicious eggs with the least hassle. Let me know how much you enjoyed the eggs.
2 Comments
Jim
May 22, 2024 at 10:29 am
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Jiahe Kuang
May 23, 2024 at 2:52 am
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