Soy Sauce Eggs - Marinated with Cola
Soy sauce eggs marinated with jalapeño, onion, green onion, garlic cloves, sesame seeds, light soy sauce, and cola. Cola, which is used here to substitute the sugar and mirin in traditional shoyu egg recipes, gives our soy sauce eggs a sweet citrus taste and a shiny amber color.
Equipment
- saucepan
- Food container with lid (28 to 32 oz)
Ingredients
- 6 Eggs (Large to extra large eggs)
- 1 Jalapeño - diced (Or serrano)
- ¼ Onion - diced (Sweet or purple onion)
- 1 Green onion - diced
- 4 Garlic cloves - diced (No need to mince the garlics.)
- 1 tbsp Sesame seeds
- ½ cup Light soy sauce
- ¾ cup Cola
- 1 tsp Sesame oil (Optional)
Instructions
Make soft boiled eggs
- Bring a pot of water to a boil using a kettle.
- Add 6 eggs to a medium saucepan, fill with hot water, optionally add 1 tsp of salt and 1 tbsp of white vinegar to the water, put the lid on, cook over medium-low heat for 6 to 8 minutes. (*See Note below for the egg doneness and cooking time table.) Meanwhile, prepare a large bowl of iced water.
- Transfer the eggs into the iced water, allow the eggs to cool down completely, peel the eggs underwater. Place the peeled eggs in a food container, set aside.
Marinate the eggs
- Add diced jalapeño, onion, green onion, garlic cloves, and sesame seeds to the eggs.
- Add light soy sauce, cola, and sesame oil (optional) to cover all the eggs completely.
- Gently stir with a spoon to mix all the ingredients. Cover the container with its lid, store in the fridge for at least 12 hours before serving. Finish within 3 days
Video
Notes
Starting with hot boiling water, boil 4 to 6 eggs over medium low heat for:
- 5 minutes - the egg white is almost set, the egg yolk is 100% runny. At this time, the egg could be too soft and delicate to be peeled perfectly.
- 6 minutes - the egg white is fully set, the out layer of the egg yolk is set. This egg is perfect for making ramen eggs if you like runny egg yolks.
- 7 minutes - the egg white is fully set, the out layer of the egg yolk is 50% gooey 50% runny.
- 8 minutes - the egg white is fully set, the whole egg yolk is gooey. The very out layer of the egg yolk starts to turn pale.
- 9 minutes - No you don't want to boil your ramen eggs for longer than 8 minutes. Otherwise the egg yolk will turn firm and boring to eat.