Oni Tamago (Demon Eggs)

Artist rendering: My eggs don't look this nice.I've been making devilled eggs as my standard for BBQs and house parties and If I may... I make a mean devilled egg!!! But not mean enough, I need a meaner devilled egg for a meaner world. Turn it up way up, fuck some shit up y'know? Then it occurs to me… horror movies were mean, but Japan made horror meaner. Gangster movies were mean, Hong Kong made them WAYmeaner. So let’s take a page from Asian cinema and turn it up to Ju (or Sup)!

Hey, Chow Yun-Fat let's make some tea eggs!!!

Ingredients

* 12 eggs
* Water
* 3-4 tablespoons salt (can be quite liberal with salt)
* 3 tablespoons soy sauce (go nuts 4,5,6 whatever)
* 2 tablespoons grated or pureed Ginger
* 1 tea bag (any kind of plain black tea)
* 1 bag of licorice tea

Directions

1. Bring the eggs to the boil in a large enough pot and simmer for 3-5 minutes. Seriously …SIMMER don't over boil.
   
   
2. Drain and cool. When cool enough to handle, gently crack the egg's shell all over without removing the shell. This can be done in a tea towel by rolling them.
   
   
3. Place back in the pot, cover the eggs with water, add the remaining ingredients and bring back to boil, turn down and simmer on low heat for an hour or more, this helps the flavour infuse the egg. Turn the heat off and leave them overnight if you want.
4. Drain once more. They should have an awesome marble effect or look like they got some sort of disease. Yum!!!

Hey, Yorimitsu, It's Oni time...

Ingredients

* Wasabi
* Japanese Mayonnaise
* Kelp (Seaweed)

Directions

1. Peel the eggs. Oooo...tea stained! Using a sharp knife, slice each egg in half, lengthwise. Gently remove the yolk halves and place in a small mixing bowl. Arrange the egg white halves on a serving platter, or a plate, or a hub cap... or a naked lady, We're not judging.
   
   
2. Using a fork, mash up the yolks and add Wasabi, I like mine pretty spicy but maybe start with a quarter sized dollop and go from there. Add Japanese mayonnaise, 1/2 a teaspoon of ginger, a teaspoon of soya sauce and a sprinkling crushed seaweed. Spoon egg yolk mixture into the egg white halves. Sprinkle with crushed seaweed.
   
   

Make these in the morning or the night before your bris or wake and you’re good to go for the next day. Be sure to keep them refrigerated, unless you’re planning some sort of sabotage, then I’d suggest keeping them in a not quite sealed Tupperware container under your enemy’s car seat. Plan ahead eitherway.

Makes 2 dozen demon eggs. There you go: Oni Tomago! By the way this is probably the best idea I've ever had (this week) and if someone else has thought of it, suck it. I've never seen it.

(Photos By Jenn)