Chinese Red-cooked Eggs

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 whole eggs
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup dark soy sauce
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 3 tablespoons oyster sauce

Recipe

• 1 place the eggs gently in a pot or saucepan and cover them with cold water.
• 2 bring the water to a hard boil and boil for two minutes.
• 3 after two minutes at full boil, cover the pot, remove it from the heat and let it stand for fifteen minutes.
• 4 cool the eggs under cold running water, and remove their shells.
• 5 combine the brown sugar, soy sauce, chicken broth and sesame oil in a saucepan.
• 6 heat the mixture, stirring to dissolve the brown sugar.
• 7 add the boiled eggs and simmer, covered, for one hour (the liquid should cover the eggs, but if it does not, baste them frequently).
• 8 turn off the heat and let the eggs stand in the sauce for an additional hour, turning them from time to time to ensure even coloring.
• 9 serve cut into halves or quarters, with the dipping sauce.