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Telur Pindang - Indonesian Braised Eggs
Try making Indonesian braised eggs in your kitchen with my recipe using ingredients common in Asian grocery stores. Serve the eggs as a side dish for your Indonesian rice meals.

- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 12 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
- 2 bags/pouched black tea
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 50 gram shallot/onion, sliced
- 2 Indonesian bay leaves (Indonesian: daun salam)
- 4 kaffir lime leaves (Indonesian: daun jeruk)
- 1 lemongrass (Indonesian: sereh), bruised
- 600 ml water
- 1 tablespoon Indonesian sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis)
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoon palm sugar (Indonesian: gula Jawa)
Instructions
- 1
Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- 2
Reduce to a simmer and keep cooking until the sauce is reduced and the eggs have the color of dark brown.
- 3
Turn off the heat, and serve immediately.