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     Title: Tea Eggs (Cha Yeh Dan)
Categories: Egg, Oriental
     Yield: 4 Servings

    12    Eggs; boiled for 8-10 minutes,
          -shells on
     2 qt Water
     4 ts Salt
     1 tb Soy sauce
     3    Star anise stars
   1/3 c  Black tea leaves
     1 tb Cinnamon

 Crack eggs lightly all over but do not remove shells. Combine rest
 of ingredients and bring to boil. Add eggs. Simmer over low heat
 45-60 minutes. Cool in liquid. Remove, shell, and serve. The cracks
 in the eggs will leave a design on the egg whites.

 From: Wei-Chuan, adapted

 From: Michael Loo
 Date: 08-24-97

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