Braised Eggs

Soft-boiled eggs

• 6 eggs, B-sized, with shell
• water, to fill to 1L mark
• ice water, for cooling eggs

Marinade

• 900 g water
• 1 nutmeg, cracked open
• 2 dried bay leaves
• 1 Chinese black cardamom pod (cao guo), cracked open
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 star anise
• 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
• 100 g white onion, cut in pieces
• 50 g dark soy sauce
• 60 g light soy sauce
• 5 g salt (about 1 tsp)
• 30 g sugar