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Shoyu Egg
Easy Shoyu Eggs – a batch of rich and delicious Japanese soy sauce eggs, perfect as a side dish, part of your main meal, or even for snacking. With just 5 minutes of prep time, you can easily make these umami-filled eggs.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 6 hard boiled eggs
- 2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons Japanese soy sauce (or tamari)
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- 1
Make the hard boiled eggs by boiling the eggs in hot water for 10 minutes. Crack and peel the shell off the eggs. Set aside.
- 2
In a small pot, bring the water to boil. Add the soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sugar. Transfer the eggs into the soy sauce mixture. Turn off the heat and let it steep in the mixture for an hour before serving.