Val's Soy Sauce Eggs

packed tablespoons brown sugar

garlic cloves (peeled and minced)

green onions (trimmed and cut in half)

- inch piece of ginger (sliced thinly or smashed with a meat tenderizer to loosen up the juices)

to 1 whole hot pepper (jalapeno, fresno, bird chile, etc... your preference, washed and thinly sliced)

soy sauce

rice vinegar

boiling water

hard cooked eggs (peeled)