How to make Korean Soy Sauce Eggs

If you've ever watched Korean dramas you have probably seen these Korean soy sauce eggs. They usually make an appearance in the sauna scene where people are chowing down as they sweat it out. Sound kind of strange and unfamiliar to those of you who haven't watched kdramas? Well, this recipe is great for those who know what I'm talking about and don't know what I'm talking about. These are essentially hard boiled eggs that have been braised in a soy sauce which is sweet and salty- the perfect combo! 

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Ingredients you are going to need:

(MAKES ENOUGH FOR 2-3 EGGS)

2 Tbsp of soy sauce

1 Tbsp brown sugar

1/2 cup water

1 Tbsp of mirin (I have no idea what this is but it seems to be in every Asian pantry. If not, you can use rice wine as a substitute  

1 stalk of green onion (the recipe I used says white parts only, but I don't think there's a big difference as to whether you use the green parts also.) 

Step 1: add all the ingredients (minus the eggs which you should hard boil and let them sit in some ice water before you do any of this) into a pot and stir until well combined. When the mixture starts to boil, (large bubbles appearing) take out the green onion. 

Next make sure to de-shell the hard boiled eggs. Place them into boiling pot. 

You want to start rolling around the eggs until they start to take on a brown shade on medium heat. You want to keep doing this until the liquid has simmered to half of what it used to be. 

Depending on how strong you want your eggs (I'd say go pretty strong since really the only outside turns brown, not the inside) continue to do so until you feel satisfied. 

Once I was happy with the colour of my eggs, I let them sit in a bowl with a little bit of liquid and stuck it in the fridge for about 30 min. I prefer to eat these cold, as they are tastier and you can leave them in the fridge for as long as you want. Go watch a movie, take a shower, read a book. Do you as these sit in the fridge and become cold. 

You can eat these as is (which I did and it was very delicious. Sweet and Salty, an elevated take on hard boiled eggs.) or you can slice these up and add to soba noodles, or as a side dish. 

Happy Cooking!