(In Chinese cookery) a hard-boiled egg slowly cooked with its shell cracked in a mixture of tea and other flavourings, producing a marbled pattern on the surface of the egg when the shell is removed.
Origin
1920s.
Definition of tea egg in US English:
tea egg
noun
(In Chinese cookery) a hard-boiled egg slowly cooked with its shell cracked in a mixture of tea and other flavourings, producing a marbled pattern on the surface of the egg when the shell is removed.