Taiwan Iron Egg

5 from 1 vote

The iron egg is a special version of soy egg, a snack from Chinese Taiwan. They are considered a delicacy and originated in the Tamsui District of New Taipei City.

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time4 hrs

Total Time4 hrs 20 mins

Course: Homely

Cuisine: Chinese

Keyword: iron egg, iron egg recipe, Taiwan Iron Egg

Servings: people

Calories: 230kcal

Cost: 10

Equipment

Ingredients

24 quail eggs
¼ teaspoon salt
5 g star anise
5 bay leaves
5 g fennel
5 g licorice root
2 black cardamoms
5 g Chinese cinnamon
3 slices of ginger
⅛ teaspoon soy sauce
3 tablespoons dark soy sauce
10 g rock sugar
10 g brown sugar
1 small pack of black tea

Instructions

Firstly, we should boil quail eggs. We wash 24 quail eggs for this food. Then put the quail eggs into the pan. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt into the pan and enough water to immerse the quail eggs. Then use the big fire to boil them. After the water has boiled, cook it for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, soak the cooked quail eggs in cold water for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, get quail eggs out of the cold water and put them into a plastic food storage container. Make sure the lid is on and then shake it vigorously for about twenty seconds. After the shaking, the quail eggs are easy to shell. If the quail egg is broken, don't use it to make this food. Shell all of the quail eggs carefully and then use water to wash them. We should clean away the white envelope carefully which will prevent the egg to absorb the sauce if we don't clean it.
Next, we should prepare the mixed spices bag. Add 5g star anise, 5 bay leaves, 5g fennel, 5g licorice root, 2 black cardamoms, 5g Chinese cinnamon, 3 slices of ginger into the bag. Then save them for later.
Now we can start to cook Taiwan iron eggs. Put the quail eggs into the pan. Then add enough water to immerse them. Then add 1/8 teaspoon soy sauce, 3 tablespoons dark soy sauce, 10g rock sugar, 10g brown sugar, mixed spices bag, a small pack of black tea into the pan. Then use the small fire to boil them. After the water has boiled, use the small fire to cook them for half-hour. After half hour, discard the black tea and mixed spices bag. Then scoop quail eggs up and air dry them for 20 minutes. Then use the small fire to cook them for 20 minutes. After that, scoop them up and air dry them for 20 minutes again. We should circulate the 20-20 action 6 times and make sure the water can immerse the quail eggs when we cook them. If the water can't immerse them, add enough water to immerse them. After that, we got the delicious Taiwan iron egg. The Iron eggs are full of chewiness if you taste them. It will take much time to cook but I think it will be well worth trying. Hope you like it.

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