Soy Sauce Marinated Eggs

Soy sauce marinated eggs complete a bowl of ramen and they are so good on their own too. I realized I do not have a detailed video dedicated to how to make them in my ramen videos so I wanted to write it out for those who are interested. There are other variations out there on how to make this but I like them simple with only soy sauce and mirin.

Here’s my recipe on how to make these delicious soy sauce marinated eggs!

Ingredients

  • Soy sauce (Japanese soy sauce, i.e: Kikkoman)
  • Mirin
  • Salt
  • Eggs

Instructions 

  1. Combine water and salt in a pot. Bring it up to a boil.
  2. Boil the eggs to soft boiled. I find 6 minutes and 50 seconds work really well for larger eggs.
  3. Prepare an ice bath and set it aside.
  4. Once the eggs are boiled, shock the eggs immediately in the ice bath.
  5. Crack and peel a small part of the eggs while it is cooling. This makes it easy to peel the eggs after they are completely chilled.
  6. When it is thoroughly chilled inside, peel the shells off.
  7. Measure the peeled eggs using a scale by placing them in a container.
  8. Pour in enough water in the container to completely submerge the eggs.
  9. Multiply the weight of water and eggs by 0.1. This will be the number of grams of soy sauce you will be adding to the mixture.
  10. Multiply the weight of water and eggs by 0.8. This will be the number of grams of mirin you will be adding to the mixture.
  11. Add the measured soy sauce and mirin into the mixture.
  12. Mix it well.
  13. Cover the top of the container with a paper towel before closing the container lid.
  14. Let it sit in the fridge for at least 24 hours, ideally 48 hours.