Orange Plaid with Eggs

My parents make these braised eggs all the time. They're pretty much glorified hard boiled eggs that are given a nice warm bath in a soy sauce stock that turns the outside of the eggs a pleasant tan shade and gives the egg a savory flavor. They were simple to make and we'd eat them with noodles or rice, a nice complement to most meals. So of course I started having a craving for them a few days ago and of course for so simple a recipe I had no idea how to make them. Google search and calls to mom were in order. I found a close enough recipe to start and switched out a few thing (star anise and cloves to replace the spice powder, for example. And including...