Ajitsuke Tamago

Recipe: From bossacafez . Click to watch video:
ingredients (makes 4 eggs):




4 room temperature eggs

pot of water enough to cover the eggs completely

a bowl of iced water

for the marinade :

1/2 cup soy sauce

1-1.5 cups water

1 slice of ginger

1 tbsp brown sugar, or to taste

directions :

1. bring the pot of water to a bare simmer. add in eggs and boil for 6 mins. immediately shock them into the bowl of icy water to prevent the eggs from cooking further. leave them in the iced water for 5 mins then peel.

2. combine the soy sauce, water, ginger & sugar and mix well to combine. pour marinade into a ziplock bag and place the eggs inside to marinate for 1-3 hrs in the fridge. do not soak them for too long as the whites will turn rubbery. serve cold.