MUST-TRY MAYAK EGGS - Korean Soft Boiled Eggs | How to Cook at Home

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces sodium intake.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is a more affordable option.

Boil water in a pot.

Carefully add eggs to boiling water.

Boil eggs for 6 and a half minutes.

Transfer eggs to an ice bath for 20 minutes.

Slice spring onion and roughly dice a small brown onion.

Chop one chili and mince four garlic cloves.

In a bowl, add salt, half a cup of soy sauce, half a cup of honey, and half a cup of water; mix well until dissolved.

Add sliced spring onion, diced brown onion, and two tablespoons of toasted sesame seeds to the bowl; stir until combined.

After 20 minutes in the ice bath, peel the eggs.

Place peeled eggs in an airtight container with the soy sauce mixture.

Marinate eggs in the fridge overnight.

For serving, cut into the eggs to check the softness, pour some soy sauce mixture over the eggs, add a dash of sesame oil, and sprinkle with sesame seeds and more spring onion.

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